The relationship between words and their meaning is a fascinating one, and linguists have spent countless years deconstructing it, taking it apart letter by letter, and trying to figure out why there are so many feelings and ideas that we cannot even p…
Daily Archives: 24/08/2013
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Her parents were running out of hope. Their teenage daughter, Mary, had been diagnosed with a severe case of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), as well as ADHD. They had dragged her to clinics around the country in an effort to thwart the scary…
The 911 tapes from the McNair Learning Academy shooting Tuesday reveal a gripping real-life drama where a bookkeeper remained remarkably calm in the face of a troubled gunman who invaded the school. The 24-minute recording shows Antoinette Tuff continu…
The fascination at the heart of Tuff’s tale, the reason it’s riveting, is the way she used compassion and empathy to disarm a mentally ill man intent on killing. “Was the potential there to have another Sandy Hook? Absolutely,” …
Are we hardwired for friendship? We just may be. One of the most defining features of humanity is our empathy and now, scientists have discovered why we may be hardwired to empathize. The correlation between self and friend was remarkably similar…
Perhaps one of the most defining features of humanity is our capacity for empathy — the ability to put ourselves in others’ shoes. A new University of Virginia study strongly suggests that we are hardwired to empathize because we closely associa…
University of Virginia research, which used MRI scans of 22 people’s brains, found a person’s self comes to include people that they feel close to. * U.S. scientists have discovered a person’s self comes to include people that they feel close to&n…