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  • Why do people behave economically?
    April 5, 2008

    Tania Singer measures the brain activity of subjects playing economic games. As Professor in the Faculty of Economics, the neuroscientist studies the foundations of human economic behavior.


  • Investigating compassion with vim and vigor
    February 29, 2008

    Neuroscientist Tania Singer studies human social behavior. Her goal is to develop a means of improving our ability to empathize with other people.


  • How to overcome selfishness
    February 24, 2008

    Neuroscientist Tania Singer aims to determine how empathy can be increased through training.


  • Feeling what others feel
    December 6, 2007

    Our brains are hardwired for social interaction. University of Zurich scientist Tania Singer aims to find out how we can improve our ability to empathize through training.


  • Deserved misfortune
    January 20, 2006

    Scientists have shown that the tendency to gloat is deeply rooted in the neural structure of our brains. And, apparently, men gloat more than women do.


  • He who loves empathizes
    February 20, 2004

    Scientists have shown that the brain areas controlling the emotional reaction to one’s own pain also become active when one see one’s partner in pain.