Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Department of Social Neuroscience Cade McCall, PhD

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Max Planck Department of Social Neuroscience

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Max Planck Department of Social Neuroscience

social psychology

neuroanatomy

cognitive neuroscience

economics

social neuroscience
developmental neuroscience clinical psychology

health psychology

cognitive psychology

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Max Planck Department of Social Neuroscience

gene expression

brain structure

brain function

cognition

the social mind

hormonal dynamics

experience

affect

behavior

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Max Planck Department of Social Neuroscience

gene expression

brain structure

brain function

cognition

compassion
hormonal dynamics

experience

affect

behavior

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Neural routes for understanding others

Affect! Face perception!

Feeling what others are feeling.

Identity and expression recognition.

Cognition!

Motor Behavior!

Inferring what others are thinking.

Understanding others actions.

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The relationship between compassion and the affective route to understanding others

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Functional Neural Plasticity and Associated Changes in Positive Affect After Compassion Training

Olga Klimecki

Klimecki, Leiberg, Lamm & Singer (2012). Cerebral Cortex.

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Compassion vs. empathic distress

other-related positive good health prosocial behavior

EMPATHY

compassion empathic concern sympathy empathic distress

self-related negative poor health withdrawal

Klimecki & Singer (2012). In: Pathological altruism. New York: Oxford University Press. Batson et al. (1983; 2009) Eisenberg et al. (1989) 2012 Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Training compassion, empathy, & memory

Design

Klimecki, Leiberg, Lamm & Singer (2012). Cerebral Cortex.

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Socio-affective Video Task (SoVT)

Klimecki et al. (2012). Cerebral Cortex 2012 Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Subjective Affect after Compassion Training

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Klimecki et al. (2012). Cerebral Cortex 2012 Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Changes in brain responses after compassion training

Novice Expert

Klimecki et al. (2012). Cerebral Cortex 2012 Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Empathic brain responses

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Changes in prosocial behavior:

The Zurich Prosocial Game (ZPG)

Leiberg, Klimecki, Singer (2011). PLoS One.

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The RE-SOURCE PROJECT

Plasticity of the human brain: A longitudinal study about the effect of compassion training

Prof. Tania Singer Department of Social Neuroscience

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Neural routes for understanding others

Cognition!

Affect!

Inferring what others are thinking.

Feeling what others are feeling.

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The Three Core Aspects of the ReSource Project

Attention: maintaining/monitoring/ redirecting Interoceptive Awareness

Presence

Metacognition Perspective Taking Self Perspective Taking Others

Opening the heart Prosocial Motivation Emotion Regulation

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The RE-SOURCE Project

gene expression

brain structure

brain function

cognition

compassion
hormonal dynamics

experience

affect

behavior

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coming soon, a multimedia book.

Compassion: From Theory, to Training, to Neuroscience

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 MulCmedia Compassion. Suering and the Flow of Life by Paul Gilbert How to Train Compassion A Buddhist PerspecCve by Diego Hangartner A CogniCve-AecCve Neuroscience PerspecCve on Compassion by Boris Bornemann, and Tania Singer Opening the Floodgates to Compassion by Barry Kerzin Self-Compassion by Kris;n Ne, and Christopher Germer Compassion and the Role of EmoConal Balance by Jocelyn Sze, and Margaret Kemeny Inside Compassion: Understanding and CulCvaCng Compassion in the End-of-Life Care Field by Joan Halifax DierenCaCng Empathy from Compassion: Lessons from 1st and 3rd Person Methods by Olga Klimecki; MaIhieu Ricard, and Tania Singer Being with Pain- A Discussion of MeditaCon-Based Analgesia by Joshua Grant Research on the Endocrinology of Compassion by Charles Raison The Shamata Project: From the Origins to Science by Cliord Saron Video Collage from the Workshop by Thomas Lopatka

Part II Experiences with Training Compassion

Chapter 12 CulCvaCng Compassion with Children by Brooke Dodson Lavelle & Geshe Lobsang Chapter 13 Compassion as a Guide for Care for the Dying by Joan Halifax Chapter 14 The Role of Aect in Compassion Training by Erika Rosenberg, Emiliana Simon-Thomas, & Margaret Cullen Chapter 15 The Fears of and Resistances to Compassion by Paul Gilbert Chapter 16 Teaching Compassion to Educators by Margaret Cullen Chapter 17 Experiencing the Knowable: How the Ethics of Kindness and Compassion is Integral to PercepCon and Understanding by Paul Grossman MulCmedia Video Segment: Non-Violent CommunicaCon by Regula Langemann, and Suna Yamaner

Part III Training Programs of Compassion

Box I Box II Box III Box IV Box V Box VI Box VII

book launch November 9th, Studio Eliason, Berlin

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Being with Dying: Curriculum for the Professional Training Program in Compassionate End-of-Life Care by Joan Halifax Origins of CulCvaCng EmoConal Balance by Eve Ekman, Margaret Kemeny and Paul Ekman The Mindful Self-Compassion Training Program by Christopher Germer, and Kris;n Ne The CogniCve-Based Compassion Training by Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, and Geshe Lobsang The CCT Program by Jinpa, and Leah Weiss-Ekstrom PracCcal Examples of MeditaCon by Diego Hangartner The ReSource Program by Department of Social Neuroscience

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Director
Tania Singer

Seniors & PostDocs

Boris Bernhardt Veronika Engert Joshua Grant Philipp Kanske Cade McCall Natascha Mendes Jonathan Smallwood Nikolaus Steinbeis Anita Tusche

Support
Matthias Bolz Henrik Grunert Nicole Lorenz Elisabeth Murzik Sylvie Neubert Hannes Niederhausen Lisa Wittenburg Willi Zeidler Christina Zube Sandra Zurborg

PhD Students
Haakon Engen Ferdinand Hoffmann Olga Klimecki Florence Ruby Marjan Sharifi Boris Bornemann Lea Hildebrandt

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Max Planck Department of Social Neuroscience

....theres always room for more....

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