There are broken links in the areas of the brain responsible for emotions such as empathy and guilt which is why psychopaths behave the way they do, researchers discovered.
MRI scans of prisoners showed physical differences in the brain, mainly communication problems between two areas in the brain responsible for emotions such as remorse and empathy.
By JULIA BUENO It took me a very long time to work out the difference between being kind to myself and actually being kind to myself. I used to think a long hot bath, a yoga class or a new pair of shoes would suffice to ease a low patch…
Instead, the smartest teams were distinguished by three characteristics.First, their members contributed more equally to the team’s discussions, rather than letting one or two people dominate the group.Second, their members scored higher on a tes…
A D.C. therapist argues that if we want to be good parents, we need to be good to ourselves. This is because we live in a culture that equates happiness with being the best. Pushing through no matter what is considered ideal. But what are we le…
At The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education Dacher Keltner, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and the faculty director of the university’s Greater Good Science Center, an interdisciplinary center that dissemi…
