Source of empathy in the brain?

Friday, July 15, 2011 - 15:31 in Psychology & Sociology

Your brain works hard to help understand your fellow person -- no matter how different they may be. According to a new study, even failing to possess a full complement of limbs will not stop your brain from understanding what it is like for someone else to experience pain in one of them. It may, however, change the way your brain does so.

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