The 14th Dalai Lama made the last of three local appearances today with a lecture at San Diego State University about upholding ethics and compassion in challenging times.
The Dalai Lama, a spry 76-year-old named Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism as well as a political leader, traveling the world advocating autonomy for his country, which is controlled by China. Today’s 9:30 a.m. event at Viejas Arena is sold out but will be broadcast over the Internet.
Psychopaths show less activity in areas of the brain linked to empathy when they view images of people in distress, a study shows.This is the first time that neural processes associated with empathic processing have been directly examined in individual…
An international team of researchers has demonstrated, for the first time, that a particular area of the brain — called the anterior insular cortex — is where human empathy originates. “Now that we know the specific brain mecha…
Psychopaths are unable to show empathy toward others because their brains aren’t wired to do so, according to a new study in JAMA Psychiatry.http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1681369Researchers from the University of Chicago u…
The one thing I don’t understand is why, having “cornered the market” on compassion, that these empathy crusaders don’t seem at all concerned about whether the welfare machine they built, and want to keep expanding, is running w…
