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Fingerinthedykes t1_iupj79y wrote

So does this mean that people with hyper or large amygdalas are more empathetic?

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tornpentacle t1_iuplouf wrote

That's an interesting question, though I don't know if we quite have an answer to it.

For instance, here is one paper describing a neuroimaging study on those with alexithymia, measuring the size of the left amygdala: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26275382/

Meditation is linked to increased empathy (causative studies have been done) and is also correlated with reduction of the right amygdala.

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