In Professor Sophie Scott’s video series “Ask a Neuroscientist” Dr. Rebecca Lawson answers the question, “You can improve some motor tasks by thinking – is the same true of empathy?”
She discusses neuroplasticity and how practicing with thinking has effects on muscles, as well as thought patterns with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
This video was produced for Brain Awareness Week 2013. Several other videos online ask the same question about empathy with more answers from other neuroscientists.
Watch them all as well as other interesting educational videos about brain science on Sophie Scott’s YouTube channel.