Name: When Batman shows up, people act better
Uploaded: 2026-01-09T16:56:17.000Z
Duration: 2 min 57 s
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Unexpected Events and prosocial behavior.

What we did was we had a visibly pregnant woman enter a busy train and we observed how many people would give up their seats for her.

Then we repeated this scenario, but introduced a different variable.

When the pregnant woman entered the train from one door, Batman entered from the other.

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say people gave up their seat more when Batman was present.

A lot more passengers twice as likely to give up their seats.

Over 67% of passengers offered up their seat to the pregnant woman when Batman was present, compared to 37% when he wasn't.

Also, interestingly, it was mostly women who gave up their seats.

In both cases, 68% when Batman was there and 65% when he wasn't.

So acknowledging Batman makes you more pro social.

This is the most interesting detail of the study.

44% of people who offered up their seats later reported they didn't even notice Batman at all.

Suggesting we don't need to be confident, consciously aware for an effect to take place.

Batman's in the shadow of your periphery is enough Boy Science boy.

I'm most interested in the strategies this study could inform to promote altruistic behaviors in daily life.

Public art installations, innovative social campaigns.

Maybe you should study Hollywood Boulevard.

Novelty interruptions can boost present moment attention and activate pro social norms without requiring deliberate mindfulness practices.

How much crime is happening at oh, but if Homelander's there.

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