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You remind me of me. New York Times, February 12, 2008.

Sorry, but I can't help you. Newsweek, November 3, 2007.

Doctors' brains curb response to patients' pain. American Medical News, November 5, 2007.

Physicians Learn to Suppress Empathy Reaction, Study Shows. Washington Post, October 1, 2007.

Doctors regulate their pain responses to better treat patients. The University of Chicago News Office, September 27, 2007.

Doctors suppress response to patients' pain, brain scans reveal. Times London, September 27, 2007.

How your brain allows you to walk in another’s shoes. WallStreet Journal, August 17, 2007.

Human hard-wired for morality? Washington Post, May 29, 2007.

Hard-wired for moral politics: Neuroscience and empathy. Znet, May 20, 2007.


The mentalizing network and its role in recognizing envy and gloating. Medscape today, June 6, 2007.

A neurological basis for psychiatric delusions. The Tripe Helix, November 01, 2006.

Mirrored emotion. The University of Chicago Magazine, April 2006.

Self-serve brains. Science News Online. February 11, 2006.

Faculty members honored with professorships, new scholars welcomed. The University of Chicago Chronicle, January 19, 2006.

PET Uncovers Patterns in Emotional Brain Activity. SNM Advancing molecular imaging abd therapy, December 2, 2005.

Who we are. Embo reports. June 10, 2005.

Study examines neural correlates of sympathy, by E. Benson. APA Monitor on Psychology, American Psychological Association, March 2003.

Search for sympathy uncovers patterns of brain activity. Innovations report, March 12, 2002.

Sympathetic view. The Weekend Australian, Sydney, Australia, December 7, 2002.

University of Washington Office of News and Information, Seattle, December 2, 2002.

Brain function linked to sympathy, Health-news.co.uk, London, England, December 4, 2002.

Neuroscientists Searching For Roots Of Empathy Find Brain Regions Involved In Learning By Imitation. Science Daily, January 24, 2002.


Knowing our imitations, by India Morrison. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, February 16 2002.

Network of brain regions linked to imitating others. Daily University Science News, January 23, 2002.

Neuroscientists searching for roots of empathy find brain regions involved in learning by imitation. University of Washington Office of News and Information, Seattle, January 22, 2002.

Brain areas involved in imitation identified, by Joel Schwarz. University Week, University of Washington, Seattle, January 24, 2002.

Our empathic brain. Discover, September 1, 2001.