For the first time, the registration and training of empathy

Magnetic resonance imaging

Giving subjects the opportunity to monitor your brain during the scan, neuroscientists have taught them aim to modify brain activity in areas responsible for the manifestation of empathy.

In Ridley Scott's "blade Runner," based on the short story science fiction writer Philip K. dick, the heroes used the device for the detection of empathy, which measures the tenderness and love of people to each other.

Despite advances in neurobiology and Neurotechnology, until now it was unclear whether it is possible to accurately register empathy with the help of a brain scan, especially focused to change it.

A group of neuroscientists in a groundbreaking study, first demonstrated the possibility of brain training in the manifestations of tenderness and love for family.

Examinees who reported on their brain activity during the scan, using MRI, were able to change the lock functions in the areas of the brain responsible for empathic feelings.

The obtained data promise new opportunities in the treatment of several mental and psychological problems, such as antisocial personality disorder or postpartum depression.

In their work the researchers used a computer program that allowed subjects to track changes in their brain activity in real-time.

Volunteers, constantly watching the changes of his brain, was able to lock to change its state so that the region responsible for empathy, concern for their loved ones and the soft, activated.

At the same time, subjects in the control group received the same task, are unable to achieve a similar result, without the ability to track the image of your brain.

The researchers hope that the day is near when the recording device is empathy from "blade Runner" really come into our lives and become a useful tool for the work of many psychologists and psychiatrists.

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