I'm Okay And You're Not - The Science
Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 10:50
in Psychology & Sociology
If you talk to social scientists, egoism and narcissism appear are on the rise while empathy is on the decline. In recent years, the ability to put ourselves in other people's shoes has been deemed extremely important for our coexistence - nuclear bombs will do that to a society - but our own feelings can distort our capacity for empathy, according to a new paper. Emotionally driven egocentricity is recognized and corrected by the brain, they say, but when the right supramarginal gyrus doesn't function properly or when we have to make particularly quick decisions, our empathy is severely limited. read more