The Science of Empathy, with Peggy Mason

Big Brains

English - November 25, 2020 17:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 358 ratings
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With so many contentious issues in our deeply polarized world, the real or virtual Thanksgiving dinner table may be a hard place to find a lot of empathy this year.

As we take a week off to reconnect with our families, we wanted to re-share this enlightening episode with Professor of Neurobiology, Peggy Mason, all about how empathy works and how we can make our empathy stronger.