People may actively decide to withhold feeling compassion for others when they believe it is more challenging or requires mental effort.
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Compassion and helping care for their injured may have been key to Neanderthal survival, researchers report.
Using neuroimaging technology, researchers note increased activity in areas of the brain associated with empathy in subjects who underwent compassion training.
Teaching children to be kind and practicing kindness at home improves a parent's resilience and a child's empathy.
Overall, women scored higher on compassion-related items and self-reflection, while men scored higher on emotional regulation and cognitive-related items.
Wisdom is strongly and positively associated with resilience, happiness, and mental well-being, and negatively correlated with loneliness, depression, and anxiety.
A new study reveals compassion meditation training may reduce distress when witnessing the suffering of others and improve the ability to respond with compassion.
According to a new study, altering the levels of dopamine in the prefrontal cortex makes individuals more compassionate towards others.
Study finds no evidence of structural brain changes associated with short-term mindfulness training.
Mindful meditation may help people cope when faced with action crises, researchers say.
Feelings of regret are linked to negative emotions such as sorrow, remorse, and helplessness. Neuroscientists explore the neurobiology of regret and provide tips to overcome feelings of regret.
Researchers investigate why many of us wake in the middle of the night and dwell on our fears.
