Science suggests that compassion may well be the most important thing in your life.   1. It makes us happy (as happy as getting money)!A brain-imaging study headed by neuroscientist Jordan Grafman from the National Institute of Health showed that …

Gear up for episode #41 of the Downtown Podcast! In this episode, we welcome Scott Stratten, also known as @unmarketing online. Scott was recently named one of the top 5 social media influencers in the world on Forbes.com and we were thrilled to have …

One of the most important findings of modern brain research was the discovery of mirror neurons. First observed in monkeys, these are neurons in the motor cortex which fire to produce an action but which are also seen to fire at a much lower level when…

Kenneth Barish is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology at Weill Medical College, Cornell University. He is also on the faculty of the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy and the William Alanson White Institute Chi…