December 12, 2009 7:00 PM - 77 attended
Empathy in chimpanzees: How we can better understand ourselves
Dinner and social hour in the North Avenue Room begins at 7:15 pm with an approximately hour-long presentation and question-and-answer session to follow.
Speaker
Matthew Campbell, Ph.D.
Living Links Postdoctoral Fellow
Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Emory University
You can find out more about Matthew's research by visiting his Living Links Center web page.
Description
Scholars have long disputed the origin of the human capacity for empathy. Many have seen this trait as uniquely human, opposed to our animalistic, hyper-competitive nature, and the product of culture or religion. Others have seen empathy as deeply rooted in our nature, in common with animals around us, and giving rise to culture and religion. Recent observations and experiments designed to test empathy have added evidence to what has been a largely philosophical debate. Understanding empathy in other species impacts human mental health, public health, and our view of human nature and our place in the world.
For Further Investigation
Franz de Waal, professor of psychology at Emory University and director of the Living Links Center has a recent book out on the subject of empathy in animals, The Age of Empathy.
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Carol PotterEvent HostCo-Founder, Co-OrganizerThe speaker was knowledgeable,
enthusiastic and relaxed. The topic was something ,any of us had not thought of and helps us feel closer to the rest of our primate order and to animals in general, something the world needs more of for its own health.
Dr. Campbell really cares about bringing science to the public.
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David Ziebell+1 guestDr. Cambell clearly differentiated between empathy and altruism - a common lay confusion, in my opinion.
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