How Our Bodies React To Seeing Goodness

"Researchers have a name for that high we get from witnessing human goodness: "moral elevation." And it has been shown to have many positive benefits. Past studies have found that moral elevation inspires optimism, and makes one want to be a better person and to act altruistically toward others." In this article, Jill Suttie, summarizes a new study which sheds some light on what happens in the body and brain during elevation, and why it has a distinct role to play in our human interactions.

http://www.dailygood.org/story/1071/how-our-bodies-react-to-seeing-goodness-jill-suttie/