Compassion in Neuroscience
The conversation reveals a pivotal moment when the Dalai Lama challenged the scientific community to explore kindness and compassion using modern neuroscience. Richard reflects on the lack of sophisticated vocabulary in psychology to describe positive emotions, contrasting it with the extensive language used for negative affects. This encounter not only reoriented his research focus but also highlighted the need for a deeper understanding of compassion within the field.In this clip
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Can you explain the neuroscience behind meditation as discussed in the episode Meditation, Kindness, and Compassion: The Secret To Your Life and Financial Abundance and the clip The Power of Compassion?
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