The work, led by Robert Eres from the Monash University’s School of Psychological Sciences, pinpointed correlations between grey matter density and cognitive and affective empathy.
“People who are high on affective empathy are often those who get quite fearful when watching a scary movie, or start crying during a sad scene. Those who have high cognitive empathy are those who are more rational, for example a clinical psychologist counselling a client,” Eres said.
Dr. Dan Siegel tells us how mirror neurons work and how humans react when mirror neurons are stimulated.”We are hard-wired to perceive the mind of another being.”See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion
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