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Empathy represses analytic thought, and vice versa: Brain physiology limits simultaneous use of both networks
October 30, 2012 by NewsBot
When the brain's analytic network is engaged, our ability to appreciate the human cost of our action is repressed, researchers have found. The study shows for the first time that we have a built-in neural constraint on our ability to be both empathetic and analytic at the same time.
