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·January 28, 2025·3 min read

Empathy Peaks in Young Adults

A new study reveals that young adults show the strongest empathic responses to others in physical or social pain, compared to adolescents and older adults. Researchers measured brain activity while participants viewed painful situations, finding that empathy responses develop with age but peak in young adulthood.

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·October 4, 2024·5 min read

How Lucid Dreaming Can Help Us Understand the Brain

Recent studies have uncovered intriguing insights into dreams, from two-way communication in lucid dreaming to the role of social interactions in dream sharing. Lucid dreamers have even controlled virtual objects while asleep, revealing the potential for real-time communication during dreams.

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·January 27, 2023·5 min read

Reducing the Temptation to Cheat in Relationships

Perspective-taking and empathy not only reduce the temptation to cheat on a partner, but they also help protect against other relationship-destroying behaviors.

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·October 30, 2022·5 min read

Empathy for the Pain of the Conflicting Group Is Altered Across Generations in the Aftermath of a Genocide

Children of both perpetrators and survivors of genocide display the same ingroup biases of their parents, even though they did not experience the event themselves. This may explain why conflicts can last over generations. The study also suggests it is difficult for survivors and perpetrators to let go of intergroup biases following a tragedy.