Focusing On The Mind Makes Us More Likely To Help Others In Pain
Thirty-nine participants were recruited for the experiment. Twenty participants took part in an eight-week meditation course, and the other 19 told they had been placed on a waiting list for a future course. Desteno describes the scenario both groups were put through, to test their response to suffering: When a participant entered the waiting area for our lab, he (or she) found three chairs, two of which were already occupied. Naturally, he sat in the remaining chair....