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Mirror Neurons - hyped or downplayed for empathy?

4/23/2017

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An interview with neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran, one of the most ardent defenders of mirror neurons as responsible for empathy and hence "being human":
​http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/do_mirror_neurons_give_empathy
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Are you more disturbed by human or dog suffering?

4/23/2017

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This was the research question asked to about 250 undergraduates of an American university. Please read the post of the Animal & Society Institute for the results:
https://www.animalsandsociety.org/new-research-people-disturbed-dog-human-suffering/
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Playing video games promotes empathy

12/18/2016

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In German only - an article by the Swiss daily Tagesanzeiger on how videogames might (also thoughnot necessarily) create more empathy with minorities or outsiders by placing violence into specific emotional contexts:
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/digital-wissen/zocken-mit-gefuehl/story/24313955
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