Ep. 18: How early is too early for empathy in infancy?

For years we have assumed that babies were incapable of complex empathy. We thought they could react to others' distress through emotion contagion but that was it. It turns out, we were wrong. This week we explore the empathic life of infants through the amazing work of Dr. Maayan Davidov who has been showing the world exactly how capable of empathy infants are. Join us as we talk about these discoveries and what it means for us parents.

Papers Discussed:
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.…
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/desc.1…

Dr. Maayan Davidov's Lab: davidovlab.com
Dr. Davidov's University Page: en.sw.huji.ac.il/people/maayan-davidov

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