The exact causes of contagious yawning are still debated, but two leading hypotheses are the nonconscious mimicry hypothesis ...

And that’s where compassion comes in. What’s the difference between empathy and compassion? And what happens in your brain when you’re experiencing each? Let’s find out. Several years ago ...

Mirror Neurons are a cluster of cells in our brains that fire both when you take an action, but also when you see someone ...

A specific brain mechanism modulates how animals respond ... On one hand, it may generate empathy, enhancing the ability to understand others' problems and increasing sensitivity to others ...

Since their discovery in the monkey brain, it has been suggested that mirror neurons mediate the mimicking of behaviour in primates and perhaps also underlie empathy and language acquisition in ...

For leaders, understanding the neuroscience of conversation offers practical strategies for unlocking team potential.

We also know from neuroscience that empathy is not a "fixed given" at birth nor is it "static", but can actually be grown or activated in the brain particularly during adolescence – so you can ...

A New Mexico assisted living and memory care community has launched a pilot program using arts-based training to build ...

A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host a two-day public workshop that brings together leaders and experts across disciplines and sectors to ...