A unique emotion, elevation, is thought to underlie prosocial contagion, a process whereby
witnessing a prosocial act leads to acting prosocially. Individuals differ in their propensity to …

Children sometimes show positive emotions in response to seeing others being helped, yet
it remains poorly understood whether there is a strategic value to such emotional …

Charities often feature their recipients as protagonists in fundraising appeals (ie, recipient-
focused appeals), and considerable research has examined the best way to portray …

In a seemingly deathless confusion, evolutionary perspectives on the emotions are often
misunderstood as entailing inflexibility and invariance. Here, we review convergent …

Elevation is an uplifting feeling evoked by witnessing other's moral beauty. Prior studies
explored the impact of different aspects of completed moral acts on elevation. However …

Witnessing altruistic behaviour can elicit moral elevation, an emotion that motivates
prosocial cooperation. This emotion is evoked more strongly when the observer anticipates …