New research from the University of Toronto-Scarborough shows that white people’s mirror-neuron-system fires much less, if at all, when they watch people of colour performing motor tasks, and I’m not at all surprised. For years, I just assumed that this was true, and that someone just had to do a study to prove it.
Richard J. Davidson 4. Caring for others. Prosocial behaviors such as empathy, compassion and gratitude comprise another component of well-being. There’s substantial evidence to suggest that engaging in acts of generosity is a very effective…
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Empathic illnesses are those in which you manifest symptoms that are not your own.Empathic Illnesses: Do You Absorb Other People’s Symptoms?Empathic illnesses are those in which you manifest symptoms that are not your own. Many patients have come…
In a new study, researchers believe they are the first to systematically pinpoint and catalog compassionate words and actions in doctor-patient conversations. For example, “Good to see you. I’m sorry. It sounds like you’ve h…
