Recent empirical work has provided new insight into the origins of distributive, procedural, and retributive justice. Engelmann and Tomasello [1] offer an overarching framework that attempts to explain these different aspects of fairness as deriving from a single core process – a desire for mutual respect. While we applaud this integrative attempt, we point out […]

When young children are asked to distribute valuable resources, they consider unequal allocations unfair and even pay a personal cost to rectify the inequality. Yet, in situations of procedural fairness, when an unequal distribution results from an impartial procedure, children deem that result fair – even if they end up being personally disadvantaged. What is […]

Increasing evidence supports a role for cerebrovasculature dysfunction in the aetiology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Blood vessels in the brain are composed of a collection of cells and acellular material that comprise the neurovascular unit (NVU). The NVU in the hippocampus and cortex receives innervation from cholinergic neurons that originate in the basal forebrain. Death […]