article_snippet: Now one social psychologist has revealed a series of experiments that shows this adage to be true.
article_snippet: It makes you more attuned to your own interests, your own desires, your own welfare,' the University of California, BerkeleyCalifornia, researcher told Lucy Hooker at the BBC. '
article_snippet: And that's a really, really incredible insight into how the mind makes sense of advantage.'
article_snippet: Other scientists have conducted similar studies to back up the findings.
article_snippet: We've been finding in We own laboratory research that small psychological interventions, small changes to people's values, small nudges in certain directions, can restore levels of egalitarianism and empathy. '
article_snippet: For instance, reminding people of the benefits of cooperation, or the advantages of community, cause wealthier individuals to be just as egalitarian as poor people.'
article_snippet: In one study, volunteers watched a brief video, 46 seconds long, about childhood poverty that served as a reminder of the needs of others in the world around volunteers. '