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The Neuroscience of Empathy, Compassion, and Self-Compassion - by Larry Charles Stevens & C Chad Woodruff (Paperback)
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- The Neuroscience of Empathy, Compassion, and Self-Compassion provides contemporary perspectives on the three related domains of empathy, compassion and self-compassion (ECS).
- Author(s): Larry Charles Stevens & C Chad Woodruff
- 353 Pages
- Psychology, Neuropsychology
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About the Book
[This book] provides contemporary perspectives on the three related domains of empathy, compassion, and self-compassion (ECS). It informs current research, stimulates further research endeavors, and encourages continued and creative philosophical and scientific inquiry into the critical societal constructs of ECS. Examining the growing number of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and electrocortical (EEG Power Spectral, Coherence, Evoked Potential, etc.) studies and the sizeable body of exciting neuroendocrine research (e.g., oxytocin, vasopressin) that has accumulated over the past decades, this text is a unique and comprehensive approach to empathy, compassion, and self-compassion. --Book Synopsis
The Neuroscience of Empathy, Compassion, and Self-Compassion provides contemporary perspectives on the three related domains of empathy, compassion and self-compassion (ECS). It informs current research, stimulates further research endeavors, and encourages continued and creative philosophical and scientific inquiry into the critical societal constructs of ECS. Examining the growing number of electrocortical (EEG Power Spectral, Coherence, Evoked Potential, etc.) studies and the sizeable body of exciting neuroendocrine research (e.g., oxytocin, dopamine, etc.) that have accumulated over decades, this reference is a unique and comprehensive approach to empathy, compassion and self-compassion.
- Provides perspectives on empathy, compassion and self-compassion (ECS), including discussions of cruelty, torture, killings, homicides, suicides, terrorism and other examples of empathy/compassion erosion
- Addresses autonomic nervous system (vagal) reflections of ECS
- Discusses recent findings and understanding of ECS from mirror neuron research
- Covers neuroendocrine manifestations of ECS and self-compassion and the neuroendocrine enhancement
- Examines the neuroscience research on the enhancement of ECS
- Includes directed-meditations (mindfulness, mantra, Metta, etc.) and their effects on ECS and the brain
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .73 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.04 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 353
Genre: Psychology
Sub-Genre: Neuropsychology
Publisher: Academic Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Larry Charles Stevens & C Chad Woodruff
Language: English
Street Date: July 5, 2018
TCIN: 92314545
UPC: 9780128098370
Item Number (DPCI): 247-22-1217
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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