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Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing a growing body of evidence to show we are evolving to become more compassionate and collaborative in our quest to survive and thrive.

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But biologists are beginning to form a generally sunnier view of humankind. Their conclusions are derived in part from testing very young children, and partly from comparing human children with those of chimpanzees, hoping that the differences will point to what is distinctively human.

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In this interview with Dr. Daniel Redwood, Davidson discusses one his most intriguing ongoing projects, in which his team is studying brain function during meditation, focusing on the short- and long-term effects on the meditators' brains. With the encouragement and direct involvement of the Dalai Lama, his team was given access to Tibetan monks who have spent at least one three-year period in retreat, where they meditate eight hours a day for three continuous years. Davidson calls these monks "the Olympic athletes of meditation," and sees his research on their brain function as a way to study the fullness of human potential. Davidson also co-authored a study with Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, that evaluated the effects of mindfulness meditation training, including its effects on indicators of immune system function.

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Can meditation make us into world citizens? Richard Davidson thinks so. His findings on the increasing plasticity of the brain combined with long term effects of meditation have led to an intriguing projection: Happiness 2050: Neuroscience, Education, and the Compassionate World Citizen.

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The ongoing global financial crisis shows clearly just how vulnerable economic systems are to human behavior, particularly to corruption and greed. This strongly suggests that other qualities, such as empathy, pro-social motivation, altruism and compassion may play an essential role in our increasingly competitive global economic system

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Compassion fatigue in nurses, doctors and other front line cancer-care providers significantly impacts how they interact with patients, with patient families, with other healthcare workers, and with their own family, according to analysis by Indiana University School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute researchers published in the March issue of the Journal of Health Psychology

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A new study shows, for the first time, that the doctor's empathy may be an even better way to speed recovery.

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There has been a deterioration in the level of compassion in the NHS in recent years, the head of a leading health think-tank has told the BBC.

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People can train their brains to be kinder and more compassionate through meditation, a study of Buddhist Tibetan monks has shown.
Researchers found that meditative training produced specific changes in the brain linked to empathy.

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Research tells us that we only ever see what proved useful to see in the past. When you open your eyes and look "out into" the world, don't be fooled. You're in fact looking in. You're not seeing the world; you're seeing a world ... an internal map of value-relations derived from interactions within a particular, narrow context. But, by "seeing yourself see," in other words by actively exploring how your thoughts, feelings, beliefs and even the colors you see reflect your physical, social and cultural ecology, only then is it possible to understand the source of coherence and conflict within and between individuals.Put another way, only by accepting my own humanity can I accept the humanity of others. "Seeing myself see" creates the opportunity for this acceptance. Illusions, then, were not the point of my talk, but simply a tool for encouraging this process.

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A lack of compassion is putting patients at risk in the NHS, a new report will claim today. Failure to provide humane care has become endemic in the health services because beleaguered staff have too little time to pay adequate attention to fundamental human needs, the NHS Confederation report warns.

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Healthcare providers should train staff to choose the right attitude and see 'the person in the patient' to help the NHS beat 'compassion fatigue', claims a training expert.

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London NHS Foundation Trust is designing a tool to test compassion. Its nursing director says: ‘We have been getting a feeling from some applicants that they weren’t coming into the profession because they want to offer compassion but because of the money and the fact it is considered to be a stable career.’

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The NHS is fast losing its compassion towards patients, a health expert warned yesterday.

The pressure on nurses and other staff means hospitals are too often ‘medical factories’, said Niall Dickson, chief executive of the King’s Fund, an independent think-tank.

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Robert Wright uses evolutionary biology and game theory to explain why we appreciate the Golden Rule ("Do unto others..."), why we sometimes ignore it and why there’s hope that, in the near future, we might all have the compassion to follow

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People can train their brains to be kinder and more compassionate through meditation, a study of Buddhist Tibetan monks has shown.

Researchers found that meditative training produced specific changes in the brain linked to empathy.

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Brains are highly variable, changing systems that shift in response to our experience. Contemplative neuroscience proves that we have the power to guide our brain’s ongoing development – to cultivate happiness and compassion. In this accessible dialogue,

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Meditation may increase a person's ability to feel empathy and benevolence for others, according to a study published March 26 in the journal PLoS ONE.

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produced increases in a wide range of personal resources (e.g., increased mindfulness, purpose in life, social support, decreased illness symptoms). In turn, these increments in personal resources predicted increased life satisfaction and reduced depressi

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The need for social connection is a fundamental human motive, and it is increasingly clear that feeling socially connected confers mental and physical health benefits. However, in many cultures, societal changes are leading to growing social distrust and

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