"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."
"Emiliana Simon-Thomas Ph.D. is the Associate Director
and a Senior Scientist at CCARE, the Center for Compassion and Altruism
Research and Education at Stanford. She earned her doctorate and did post
doctoral research at UC Berkeley examining the behaviors, affective
properties, cognitive appraisals, and autonomic and neural signals associated
with pro-social states like love of humanity and compassion. At CCARE,
Emiliana is continuing to investigate the multifaceted properties of
compassion, running studies that investigate the effects of compassion
cultivation on health, well-being and psychosocial functions and organizing
events around highlighting compassion science and promoting greater exchange
and collaboration"
"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."
