Dispelling The Mainstream Narrative
(Neuroscience News) You’re flipping through the television channels when you hear the familiar beginning strains of a Sarah McLachlan song. You hastily click to the next channel, before the haunting images of homeless animals appear.
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(Exploring Your Mind) The concept of empathy is all the rage. But how does one go about developing its potential? What are the stages we go through before we can distinguish another person as an independent along with their emotions, thoughts, and circumstances?
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(Exploring your Mind) During a conversation with someone, you’ve probably had to compete for their attention with a technological device and lost. Maybe the person in front of you diverted their attention to their latest “urgent” notifications. They’ve probably even interrupted your conversation to answer a call, answer a text message, or check their social media.
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(Exploring your Mind) Fans have existed from the very beginning. There have always been leaders or figures who captivate other people and have a lot of followers. These fans follow them, admire them, and are sometimes even capable of making great sacrifices for them. Neuroscience has discovered that this phenomenon is related to mirror neurons.
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(Exploring Your Mind) The origin of this personality disorder isn’t clear. There seems to be a genetic component that could manifest or not depending on how much affection an individual receives as a child. Experts also consider the hypothesis that the root cause could be found in damage to the frontal lobe due to malformation, illness, or brain injury.
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(Gerald Sinclair) In this world, there are a lot more empaths and intuitive people than most stop to realize. Far more of us now than ever are in tune with the world around us and capable of really working towards great things even in the smallest ways.
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(Elizabeth A. Segal, Ph.D.) This time of year, staying healthy gets a lot of our attention – we get flu shots, cold medicines go flying off the shelves, and hand-sanitizers are ever-present. We all know that staying healthy is important. So here is another health tip: empathy is good for your health. How can this be? Isn’t empathy about focusing on the other person – how someone else is feeling, what they might be thinking, what it is like to be in the other person’s place? If empathy is about the other person, how does practicing empathy help me?
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