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Empathy: Moved With Compassion? - Page 2

I'm not ever moved by compassion. Ill watch someone who is 'feeling' something, but only out of curiosity. If its a new emotion I haven't ever seen before, I try to memorize how they look whilst 'feeling' it, so I can imitate it in future.

If the reason for their tears is particularly pathetic,I may laugh at them. I don't like to usually, because I don't like other people to know I don't care. Forearmed is forewarned .

Compassion Moved Empathy

Suffering and joy teach us, if we allow them, how to make the leap of empathy, which transports us into the soul and heart of another person. Ln those transparent moments we know other people's joys and sorrows, and we care about their concerns as if they were our own -- Fritz Williams.

Empathy: Moved With Compassion? Health & Special Psychology

Empathy for others' pain rooted in cognition rather than sensation


The ability to understand and empathize with others' pain is grounded in cognitive neural processes rather than sensory ones, according to the results of a new study. Ref. Source 8s.

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When it comes to empathy, don't always trust your gut

Is empathy the result of gut intuition or careful reasoning? Research suggests that, contrary to popular belief, the latter may be more the case. Ref. Source 3o.

Compassion Moved Empathy

Sadly, I have in inborn sense of caution. Just to see someone upset is not enough to get me involved. It would, of course, depend on the situation. If I have witnessed the incident, then perhaps I would be most likely to offer aid as I then have some context.

This if all speaking of emotional hurt. If someone has gotten physically hurt then I would not hesitate to jump in and help. There are obviously scenarios where you do not, like someone getting their buts kicked because they were trying to mug someone, but that is an exception .

Empathy: Moved With Compassion?

Scientists find the brain's generosity center

Scientists have identified part of our brain that helps us learn to be good to other people. People who rated themselves as having higher levels of empathy learned to benefit others faster than those who reported having lower levels of empathy. They also showed increased signalling in their subgenual anterior cingulate cortex when benefiting others. Ref. Source 2m.