Metacognition Part 35: Empathy vs Compassion - The Subtle Difference the Brain Distinguishes

1. Columnist Lee Seon-yeong wrote a column introducing research showing that the right superior temporal gyrus processes empathy and compassion differently.
2. A meta-analysis from the University of Toronto (25,831 people) reported that emotion regulation ability showed a correlation of r=.24 with compassion and r=.04 with empathy.
3. The column proposes practical methods such as a 3-second pause before responding and a 3-minute loving-kindness meditation, arguing that empathy is a skill that can be trained.

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