/////////////////////Empathy probably started out as a mechanism to improve maternal care," saysFrans de Waal, a primatologist at Emory University and author of The Age of Empathy.
///////////////EVO REASON="Mammalian mothers who were attentive to their young’s needs were more likely to rear successful offspring."
/////////////SCIAM=These offspring were, in turn, more likely to reproduce, so being able to sense another’s feelings was beneficial because it helped mammals to pass on their genes—the ultimate prize in the game of life. Mammalian males also show empathy, de Waal says, because “the mechanism spread from mother-offspring to other relations, including friends."
///////////////.......From a mechanistic standpoint, some researchers believe that a specific type of neuron—called a “mirror neuron”—might be a key to empathy. These neurons fire both when an individual, carries out an action and when that individualwatches another perform the same action
/////////////////SCIAM= Researchers have shown that oxytocin, made in the hypothalamus, is involved in human trust, bond formation, generosity and, of course, empathy. One 2010 study, demonstrated that men feel more empathy toward crying children and grieving adults after receiving an aerosol shot of oxytocin compared with a placebo.
///////////////“The ability to ‘read’ another species’ emotions underlies all successful domestication of animals,” she says. “If you are going to take a wild animal into captivity, you have to have a tremendous understanding of what that animal needs.” Shipman
////////////////............disgust is the voice in our heads that tells us to avoid things—foods and animals—that could harbor “disease-like bodily emanations.” Rats definitely fit that bill.
//////////////////....SCIAM=And when it comes to short-term survival, disgust is often the strongest feeling, Haidt says. We might prefer to think of ourselves as compassionate—a quality that aids long-term survival—but when we find ourselves in potentially life-threatening situations, our immediate desire to keep on living, often expressed through disgust, tends to win out.
////////////////...........From the greek-axial period, i.e., from 2500 years, until today, the most dangerous source of damage to mankind is the man himself, rather than rodents.
///////////////...........getting a hammer and ending the life of a tormented mouse, that cant move and is probably suffering significant internal injuries from a cat.
/////////////////////NATR DEFICIT DISORDER
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///////////////EVO REASON="Mammalian mothers who were attentive to their young’s needs were more likely to rear successful offspring."
/////////////SCIAM=These offspring were, in turn, more likely to reproduce, so being able to sense another’s feelings was beneficial because it helped mammals to pass on their genes—the ultimate prize in the game of life. Mammalian males also show empathy, de Waal says, because “the mechanism spread from mother-offspring to other relations, including friends."
///////////////.......From a mechanistic standpoint, some researchers believe that a specific type of neuron—called a “mirror neuron”—might be a key to empathy. These neurons fire both when an individual, carries out an action and when that individualwatches another perform the same action
/////////////////SCIAM= Researchers have shown that oxytocin, made in the hypothalamus, is involved in human trust, bond formation, generosity and, of course, empathy. One 2010 study, demonstrated that men feel more empathy toward crying children and grieving adults after receiving an aerosol shot of oxytocin compared with a placebo.
///////////////“The ability to ‘read’ another species’ emotions underlies all successful domestication of animals,” she says. “If you are going to take a wild animal into captivity, you have to have a tremendous understanding of what that animal needs.” Shipman
////////////////............disgust is the voice in our heads that tells us to avoid things—foods and animals—that could harbor “disease-like bodily emanations.” Rats definitely fit that bill.
//////////////////....SCIAM=And when it comes to short-term survival, disgust is often the strongest feeling, Haidt says. We might prefer to think of ourselves as compassionate—a quality that aids long-term survival—but when we find ourselves in potentially life-threatening situations, our immediate desire to keep on living, often expressed through disgust, tends to win out.
////////////////...........From the greek-axial period, i.e., from 2500 years, until today, the most dangerous source of damage to mankind is the man himself, rather than rodents.
///////////////...........getting a hammer and ending the life of a tormented mouse, that cant move and is probably suffering significant internal injuries from a cat.
/////////////////////NATR DEFICIT DISORDER
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