Cognitive-Based Compassion Training (CBCT) seems to be a secularized version of Buddhist Loving-Kindness or Metta meditation, much in the way Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a secularized version of, um, more general Buddhist meditation. Recent research indicates this type of training seems to enhance empathy. fMRI studies confirmed a plausible neurological basis for changes in measures on a standard empathy test.
Another study compared these two types of meditation (well, not MBSR, but something similar) and the effect on the amygdala. To be honest, not sure I completely understand the implications, but it's interesting :)
Another study compared these two types of meditation (well, not MBSR, but something similar) and the effect on the amygdala. To be honest, not sure I completely understand the implications, but it's interesting :)
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