Want to know what it’s like to shuffle around the grocery store like achy old folks do? Just in case that sounds like fun, researchers at MIT’s Agelab have created a jumpsuit that brings the experience to life for the young, able-bodied masses. The Age…

I never understood the trend of loss of empathy during medical training. Until now. See, when you’re in so much pain that if you thought of your life past this moment, this singular point in time, you would implode, pain seems as natural as breat…

by Roman Krznaricunderstanding and imaginatively entering into another person’s feelings.more at http://bit.ly/yogvQsSee it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion

A new study discovers participation in a meditation program can impact brain functions even when someone is not actively meditating.   Investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston University (BU), and several other research center…