An online-article written by Kira M. Newman about the manuscript from Kok & Singer (2016) recently published in the journal Mindfulness. The article is about the effects and advantages of different types of meditation.  

Tania Singer helped organize the “Power and Care” Conference in Brussels, Belgium in September 2016 together with members of Mind and Life Europe. Power and Care was a three-day Mind and Life Dialogue with world-experts and his Holiness the Dalai Lama.

The first MLE Hub Meeting of the European Neurophenomonolgy, Contemplative, and Embodied Cognition Network (ENCECON Workshop). The overall aim of the network is to support European scientists engaged in empirical and theoretical research on embodied cognition, contemplative neuroscience, and neurophenomenology.

An article about the paper “Are strong empathizers better mentalizers? Evidence for independence and interaction between the routes of social cognition”. People who can put themselves into other peoples’ shoes do not necessarily have to understand them well. On the contrary: excessive empathy can even impair understanding. 

Helpfulness has so far been measured in very different ways by the various scientific disciplines – always assuming that they are investigating the same thing. Scientists have now brought order to the methods. Altruism can now be specifically measured. (German)

Pain is composed of general building blocks, which also occur with other similar feelings, and specific components. We flinch when we observe someone accidentally hitting his thumb with the hammer. Is that pain we feel? (German)

The human being — a selfish being that only thinks about itself and its own wellbeing? Or is acting out of selfless motivation a key human element? The new documentary “The Revolution of the Selfless” [Die Revolution der Selbstlosen] is released on ARTE on the 26th February 2016 at 21:45.

The German Business Journalism site “manager magazin” has elected Tania Singer as one of the 50 most influential women in the German economy. 

Self-interest and egoism have long been considered the driving forces of the economy. If selfishness turns into ruthlessness, how can we have long-term benefits? Tania has been invited to the Global Economic Symposium again this year. It took place in Kiel, Germany.

Capitalism is not going so well. Perhaps because it completely misinterprets people? We must listen to our social side, says researcher Tania Singer. A new article about Tania research on “Homo Economicus” is published in ZEIT Online. 

An interview with Tania Singer titled “We are still at the very beginning” [Wir stehen noch ganz am Anfang] in Handelsblatt about the problems of brain research, difficulties in the industry and how far our knowledge on the human brain has really come. 

An article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine titled “Stirred is not Shaken” [Gerührt ist nicht geschüttelt] mentions the work of Tania Singer on differentiating between empathy and compassion. 

Conversations on Altruism and Compassion, Between Scientists, Economists, and the Dalai Lama. A new book edited Tania Singer and Matthieu Ricard, was published on the 7th of April 2015 form St Martin’s Press, New York.

A new article by Andrew Hill titled “Heads of Business need Neuroscience” in the Financial times mentions Tania Singer’s work with the ReSource project and her developments in the topic of “Caring Economics”.

A new book titled “Compassion in economics – A groundbreaking research report” [Mitgefühl in der Wirtschaft – Ein bahnbrechender Forschungsbericht] edited by Tania Singer and Matthieu Ricard. Dialogues between renowned researchers, economists and the Dalai Lama on new economic thinking based on the latest scientific findings. (German)