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The Empathic Brain

Paperback • 2011 • English • 2. edition

The Empathic Brain: How the Discovery of Mirror Neurons Changes Our Understanding of Human Nature

By Christian Keysers

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The Content Your heart beats faster as you watch a tarantula crawl on James Bond's chest in the movie Dr No, your hands sweat and your skin tingles under the spider's legs. You feel scared, tense, and finally relieved when Bond manages to escape the danger. We are essentially empathic. But what is empathy? How does your brain enable you to feel so much of what 007 is feeling? How do you connect with people in real life, people you love or even strangers? In this book, you will visit leading labs...Show more

Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints
Neurosciences
Computational biology / bioinformatics

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ISBN

9789081829205

Publisher

Social Brain Press

Published year

2011

Language

English

Edition

2

Original title

The Empathic Brain

Format

Paperback

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