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 


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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