This paper assumes that in addition to the conventional (sel sh) preferences over outcomes, players in a strategic environment have preferences over strategies. In the context of two-player games, it provides conditions under which a player's preferences over strategies can be represented as a weighted average of the individual's sel sh payo s and the sel sh payo s of the opponent. The weight o...

Over the last three decades, a growing number of scientists and clinicians have been investigating the utility of meditative practices as attention and emotion regulation strategies. Many studies have provided evidence that mindfulness meditation can have positive effects on psychotherapists’ capacity to offer presence, acceptance and empathy to their clients. More recently, loving-kindness med...

As regular readers will know, a number of recent editorials in Nursing Ethics have focused on unethical health-care practice. It is necessary to strive to understand this and to work in our different areas of practice to eradicate it. It is also important to draw attention to, celebrate and reward ethical practice. Therefore, I would like to share a practice example that highlights, I believe, ...

Online interventions that elicit kindness may enhance well-being. We tested the efficacy of three among breast cancer survivors. Participants (N = 137, Mage 62.65 years) were randomized to perform acts for others, self, self-kindness meditation, or a daily-activities-writing control and completed activities each week 4 weeks. Primary (well-being, depressive symptoms) secondary outcomes (social ...