Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Compassion Meditation May Boost Neural Basis of Empathy

by Deconstructing Yourself
October 7, 2012August 9, 2013

From ScienceBlog A compassion-based meditation program can significantly improve a person’s ability to read the facial expressions of others, finds a study published by Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. This boost in empathic accuracy was… Read More »Compassion Meditation May Boost Neural Basis of Empathy

Meditators More Aware of ‘Uh-oh’ Moments

by Deconstructing Yourself
June 10, 2012July 31, 2017

By Michael Kennedy for Futurity People who meditate do better on tasks that require self-control because they are more open to their own emotions, new research finds. For psychologists, self-control or “executive control” is the… Read More »Meditators More Aware of ‘Uh-oh’ Moments