May 24 Tip: The Brain can be trained to be compassionate (according to study)

The Brain can be trained to be compassionate (according to study)
(the May 24 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.news.wisc.edu/21811

Until now, little was scientifically known about the human potential to cultivate compassion — the emotional state of caring for people who are suffering in a way that motivates altruistic behavior.

A new study by researchers at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that adults can be trained to be more compassionate. The report, recentlypublished online in the journal Psychological Science, is the first to investigate whether training adults in compassion can result in greater altruistic behavior and related changes in neural systems underlying compassion.