“When you deal with something like compassion for physical pain, which we know is very, very old in evolution - we can find evidence for it in nonhuman species - the brain processes it at a faster speed. Compassion for mental pain took many seconds longer.”
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Antonio Damasio
Antonio Damasio is a renowned neuroscientist and cognitive scientist, born on February 25, 1944. He has made significant contributions to the study of the relationship between emotion, consciousness, and brain function. more