The Vicarious Brain: The Neural Basis of Empathy, Learning by Observation, and Sociopathy

Presented By: Caltech Humanities and Social Sciences

Christian Keysers, PhD

Part of Understanding Virtue - New Directions Bridging Neuroscience and Philosophy, this evening is a discussion and reflection on the interrelationships between neuroscience, virtue, and transcendence.

This conference is funded by a grant, The Rationality of Ultimate Value: Emotion, Awareness, and Causality in Virtue Ethics and Decision Neuroscience, from the Science and Transcendence Advanced Research Series (STARS) of the Center for Theology and Natural Sciences.