When the body fosters empathy: The interconnectivity between bodily reactivity, meditation, and embodied abstract concepts.
Progress in Brain Research 2024 Fabio Marson, Revital Naor-Ziv, Patrizio Paoletti et al.
Empathy is a fundamental social ability that allows humans to infer others' emotions and intentions. Empathy is thought to be rooted in bodily sensations coming from the autonomic nervous system. In parallel, the functionality and perceptions coming from the autonomic nervous system could be improved by practicing activities that involve mind-body interactions, such as meditation. Furthermore,...