In this fifth volume of his series of poems on compassion, Professor Patrick Pietroni outlines how the more modern study of the brain using MRI scanning and neuroimagining has enhanced our understanding of the psychology of compassion. He begins with a historical review of how our predecessors--including Aristotle, Plato, Leonardo da Vinci, Descartes, and Newton--described the relationship between the brain, the mind, consciousness, and emotions...
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