Empathy is an integral part of socioemotional well-being, but recent research has
highlighted some of its downsides. Here we examine literature that establishes when, how …

Mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) are increasingly utilized to improve mental health.
Interest in the putative effects of MBPs on cognitive function is also growing. This is the first …

Although neuroscientific research has revealed experience-dependent brain changes
across the life span in sensory, motor, and cognitive domains, plasticity relating to social …

Meditation is an umbrella term, which subsumes a huge number of diverse practices. It is still
unclear how these practices can be classified in a reasonable way. Earlier proposals have …

Humans have the capacity to share others' emotions, be they positive or negative. Elicited by
the observed or imagined emotion of another person, an observer develops a similar …

Highlights•An undifferentiated view of what mindfulness can achieve has developed.•Variant
types of meditation-based mental practices should be studied differentially.•The ReSource …

The ecological crisis demands new strategies to rapidly transform our society into a more
sustainable one. A growing amount of research points towards the potential of mindfulness …

Background Contemplative trainings have been found to effectively improve social skills
such as empathy and compassion. However, there is a lack of research on the efficacy of …

In contrast to conventional functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analysis across
participants, item analysis allows generalizing the observed neural response patterns from a …

Background The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led to a mental health crisis on a global scale.
Epidemiological studies have reported a drastic increase in mental health problems, such as …