The Evolution of Empathy Ft. Dr. Susan Lanzoni Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to learn about the evolution of empathy - spanning visual art to cutting-edge neuroscience. Dr. Susan Lanzoni is a writer and historian of psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience. She is also the author of Empathy: A History. In this episode, she unpacks one of the primary questions of empathy: How can the self understand the other? 00:00 Preview 00:37 Introduction  00:54 About Susan Lanzoni, PhD 02:35 How the meaning of empathy has evolved 06:42 The origin story of empathy involves art 09:51 Aesthetic empathy, emotional empathy, and cognitive empathy  13:42 The neuroscience of empathy  17:04 How empathy “draws a border but also builds a bridge” 22:22 The continuum from pity to empathy and the tension of lived experiences 26:21 Doctors Kenneth & Mamie Clark and "The Doll Test" 34:48 The benefits of purposeful empathy and the importance of empathy training 37:12 Susan’s next empathy journey: Exploring all the ways empathy is expressed and felt 42:21 Susan Lanzoni’s Purposeful Empathy Story  CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email [email protected]  ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com ✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA ✩ LinkedIn anitanowak ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast CONNECT WITH SUSAN ✩ susanlanzoni.com ✩ LinkedIn Susan Lanzoni Show Notes Empathy: A History A Heart-shaped Rock https://bulletin.hds.harvard.edu/a-heart-shaped-rock/comment-page-1/?unapproved=796&moderation-hash=f1cc5ab0fc53650de4aab7d7a76bfb7e#comment-796  “The Doll Test" https://www.naacpldf.org/brown-vs-board/significance-doll-test/  Video edited by David Tsvariani