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Gilbert, PaulAffiliation
University of DerbyIssue Date
2018-12-04
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Compassion has become a major focus for international research in prosocial behaviour. This paper explores the evolutionary origins of caring and how recently evolved cognitive competencies create human compassion. While some see compassion as linked to an emotional or affective state, others root compassion in an evolved motivation and social mentality. The paper will briefly explore fears, blocks and resistances to compassion, how compassion can be understood as a social mentality and the increasing focus on compassionate mind training.Citation
Gilbert, P. (2019). 'Explorations into the nature and function of compassion'. Current opinion in psychology, 28, pp. 108-114. DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.12.002.Publisher
ElsevierJournal
Current Opinion in PsychologyDOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.12.002Additional Links
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352250X18301222Type
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2352-250XEISSN
2352-250Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.12.002
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