By Emma Seppälä — 2013
Compassion research is at a tipping point: Overwhelming evidence suggests compassion is good for our health and good for the world.
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People are hardwired to dehumanise others but we can overcome this, say David Eagleman and Don Vaughn.
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Advances in brain science are calling into question the volition behind many criminal acts. A leading neuroscientist describes how the foundations of our criminal-justice system are beginning to crumble, and proposes a new way forward for law and order.
Whenever we learn something new, pick up a new skill, or modify our habits, the physical structure of our brain changes.