Erica

You may have learned in elementary school that empathy is “putting yourself in someone else’s shoes”, but what is empathy in a scientific context and why is it important? First, it is important to note that empathy is a fairly new concept in neuroscience. In fact, the first neuroimaging study to demonstrate how people are able to feel each other's’ pain was completed just 18 years ago in 2003. As reported by Dr. Helen Reiss in a 2017 publication, the concept of empathy is currently shifting … [Read more...]