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The generation gap: Proteome changes and strain variation during encystation in Giardia duodenalis
Social mindfulness and prosociality vary across the globe
Humans are social animals, but not everyone will be mindful of others to
the same extent. Individual differences have been found, but would
social mindfulness also be shaped by one's location in the world?
Expecting cross-national differences to exist, we examined if and how
social mindfulness differs across countries. At little to no material
cost, social mindfulness typically entails small acts of attention or
kindness. Even though fairly common, such low-cost cooperation has
received little empirical attention. Measuring social mindfulness across
31 samples from industrialized countries and regions (n = 8,354), we
found considerable variation. Among selected country-level variables,
greater social mindfulness was most strongly associated with countries'
better general performance on environmental protection. Together, our
findings contribute to the literature on prosociality by targeting the
kind of everyday cooperation that is more focused on communicating
benevolence than on providing material benefits