Understanding Empathy and Compassion: Tania Singer and Edwin Rutsch

Understanding Empathy and Compassion: Tania Singer and Edwin Rutsch Transcripts and more at: http://j.mp/O4jpw8 Tania Singer is a social neuroscientist and psychologist at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin, Germany. Her research aims to increase our understanding of the foundations of human social behavior. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, she and her team investigate the neuronal, hormonal, and developmental foundations of human social cognition, social and moral emotions such as empathy and compassion. In this dialogue we discussed the nature of empathy and her studies on different training types and their benefits Edwin Rutsch is Director of the Center For Building a Culture of Empathy http://cultureofempathy.com/