David DeSteno pries open the science behind human compassion

Mark Benjamin ( Bio  /   Posts )  |  Friday, October 19, 2012 UTC

 

David DeSteno directs the Social Emotions Lab at Northeastern University where his research is pulling back the curtain to reveal some of the mechanics that drive human compassion. “It is not the severity or the objective facts of a disaster that motivate us to feel compassion and to help. It is whether or not we see ourselves in the victims.”

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