Cultivating Empathy, Compassion, and Conscience
How a conscience, empathy, and moral sense are internalized
As knowledge of the human brain has deepened, our previous judgments and assumptions about morality, emotion, and empathy have been gradually replaced by an understanding of how emotion is an integral part of memory, learning, and cognition. In this context, social neuroscience research provides support for the important role that emotion and empathy play in human development and neural functioning. |
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Developmental neuroscientists are researching how empathy and conscience are wired in the brain during childhood, including the role of “mirror neurons”.
Mirror neurons broaden our understanding of how people learn through social cognition (including mimicry, imitation, interactive play and coordinated activity) and also show how people interpret the intentions and feelings behind the actions, expressions, gestures, and experiences of others. |
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