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Neuroscientists reveal limits of human compassion for global crises

New research from the University of Sussex has revealed the biological limits to human compassion and empathy. The study found a stark contrast between how the brain processes information about risk to human lives and information about financial risk and could help explain why people can struggle to...

Neuroscientists reveal limits of human compassion for global crises
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New research from the University of Sussex has revealed the biological limits to human compassion and empathy. The study found a stark contrast between how the brain processes information about risk to human lives and information about financial risk and could help explain why people can struggle to respond emotionally to large-scale humanitarian disasters.

Originally published at Phys.org

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