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Another big plus in Empathy: Mindfulness meditation. If you want to, use the Neurosky Mindwave Mobile headset. It's around 100$ and uses EEG to detect whether

Another big plus in Empathy: Mindfulness meditation. If you want to, use the Neurosky Mindwave Mobile headset. It's around 100$ and uses EEG to detect whether you are focused (in mindfulness mediation, called "attention"). I even think it can tell if you are experiencing empathy: Neurosky's "meditation" score seems to tilt whenever you think about anything really cute. Everything within limits of course... Anyway, mindfulness meditation has been shown to at least appear to increase empathy. I've felt the difference too. It's way easier to "do" empathy once you have the mental muscle to stop judging and just observe. This has been shown in research as well.

sutterbomb 13y ago
I mention that very research in the talk I posted in a comment on the parent thread. (Had already submitted before seeing your comments.) It's fascinating stuff.
tbastos 13y ago
+1 for meditation. The magical thing about meditation is that it fixes a lot of things all at once, and without you even trying... all you have to worry about is to meditate daily, to harvest the results. You will feel less stressed, more creative, compassionate and happier, not to mention smarter. No wonder it's a central tenet of Taoism and Buddhism. The world would be a better, happier place if more people meditated.