Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas: Compassion in the Brain

Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas, Ph.D., is the science director of the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center. In this talk for the 2012 Mindfulness and Compassion conference, Dr. Simon-Thomas explains the neurological mechanisms that support compassion--and why mindfulness meditation can help support the growth of compassion.

[@LisaWimberger]

As a life-long survivor of vagus tonic seizures, and the founder of the Neurosculpting® Institute, a HUGE thank you for speaking publicly about all of this and for doing the research.

[@farieddebruyns338]

I really learnt from this lady in the Science of Happiness lectures, in 2014. Since then, I have talked about this. And gradually I am changing myself, my activities and my social media groups to share short talks about anger and gratitude.

[@ValerieMarieM]

She is wonderful: intelligent and beautiful. Loved the insight.

[@judiehathaway2983]

Thank you so much for this enlightening talk....

[@terbhang]

I'd love to see your slides up close, and also the references to the studies you cited. Please post on the GGSC site ---- and many thanks for your eloquence and clarity!

[@MrCanigou]

Brilliant, inspiring and really convincing lecture. Thank you for sharing !

[@farieddebruyns338]

It helps people to understand that happiness impacts on their biology.

[@shannoncunningham6747]

What an amazing talk!

[@keikosurfs1747]

Fantastic!!!

[@AnaMombiedro]

This is such a wonderful talk. Thanks a lot for sharing it, I would like to share the content of this master class in a written article in Spanish so it reaches more audience.Also, what does she mean with that the M1, M2...?Thanks a lot!

[@carolmcbrideonline]

greatergood.berkeley.edu/slides/MindfulnessCompassion-Slides-FINAL-forweb.pdf

[@ancientbrain15]

Wonderful video--are the charts/graphs available in higher definition? :)

[@AymanJundi]

Quality of video is worse than VCR .. Audio is good..content is pretty interesting. Thank you.

[@ivonebeatrizwegmann269]

importantíssimo

[@yoya4766]

I just heard her on the science of happiness with a nurse. The way she spoke, is what seems to be the defacto among doctors these days. A fake sincerity marked by enlongating words and speaking in a slow long drone. Accomanied with pained facial expressions. Why don't they just stop this training, its cringe worthy and has the opposite effect to the one intended. She tries too hard to seem empathetic, when she just isn't.