The bystander effect occurs when the presence of others discourages an individual from intervening in an emergency situation, against a bully, or during an assault or other crime.The greater the ...

The infamous murder launched decades of studies investigating the “bystander effect,” where a diffusion of responsibility and fear of risk leads to inaction on the part of people who may be ...

This phenomenon—known as the “bystander effect”—can seem relatively harmless in such situations. A dropped pencil or a stranded traveler might not suffer much from our inaction.

In a group, individuals feel less inclined to take action. [iStockphoto] Imagine you're in a huge crowd of people walking down a busy street. You see a person fall to the ground nearby, would you ...

At another point, he blamed the Bystander Effect. “This might be a manifestation of a bystander effect, where people don’t ...

Are the deaths of Schwann cells and GAD-containing neurons due to bystander effects, their shared expression of ß-cell autoantigens, an independent autoimmune process, or a general propensity for ...