Liu JHChoi SYLee I-CLeung AK-YLee MLin M-HHodgetts DChen SX2024-06-262024-06-262023-12-04Liu JH, Choi SY, Lee I-C, Leung AK-Y, Lee M, Lin M-H, Hodgetts D, Chen SX. (2023). Behavioral evidence for global consciousness transcending national parochialism.. Sci Rep. 13. 1. (pp. 21413-).2045-2322https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/70011While national parochialism is commonplace, individual differences explain more variance in it than cross-national differences. Global consciousness (GC), a multi-dimensional concept that includes identification with all humanity, cosmopolitan orientation, and global orientation, transcends national parochialism. Across six societies (N = 11,163), most notably the USA and China, individuals high in GC were more generous allocating funds to the other in a dictator game, cooperated more in a one-shot prisoner's dilemma, and differentiated less between the ingroup and outgroup on these actions. They gave more to the world and kept less for the self in a multi-level public goods dilemma. GC profiles showed 80% test-retest stability over 8 months. Implications of GC for cultural evolution in the face of trans-border problems are discussed.(c) The author/shttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/HumansConsciousnessGame TheoryPrisoner DilemmaCultural EvolutionChinaCooperative BehaviorJournal article10.1038/s41598-023-47333-z2045-2322CC BYjournal-article21413-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/380494362141310.1038/s41598-023-47333-z