Mar
20
2020
Paul Piff, assistant professor of psychological science, is quoted in a New York Times story about helping each other during the pandemic.
“A really basic response people have, for good adaptive evolutionary reasons, is to tend and befriend. Social relationships are a huge source of well-being. In the long term, on a physiological level, you do better engaging with others and responding to suffering. You’re happier, your immune system is better.”