Why being empathetic is good, and how the wrong kind of empathy can actually hurt your health

Quoted: “Neuroscientific research into empathy shows that if you’re empathising with a person who is in pain, anxious or depressed, your brain will show activation of very similar circuits as the brain of the person with whom you’re empathising,” notes Richard Davidson, a professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.