Brain scans can identify psychopaths even in childhood because they have no empathy when seeing people in pain
Researchers at University College London found that children diagnosed with ‘conduct problems’ react abnormally to seeing people in pain
Regions of the brain affected are those known to play a role in empathy
But expert says it is important to ‘view these findings as an indicator of early vulnerability, rather than biological destiny
By RACHEL REILLY
It’s becoming increasingly essential in our world today that we need to develop compassion on a larger scale.Compassion is the recognition of another person’s suffering and the authentic desire to reduce suffering. Compassion supports our survival and …
By John GibbIt is critical for doctors and other health professionals to make use of the ”power of empathy” in dealing with their clients, Highlanders team doctor Greg Macleod says.Dr Macleod, a University of Otago graduate, was addressing about…
An interdisciplinary conference on the import and centrality of empathy to human and interspecies wellbeing, legal responsibility, art appreciation, interpersonal relations, and ethics. Jenefer Robinson, University of CincinnatiEmpathy throug…
Recently, I read James Fallon’s book, “The Psychopath Inside,” and being an emotionally empathetic sort myself, I felt many times during the course of the book as if I were reading about an alien race. Fallon, a neurosc…
