The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education

Videos

Ecological Measurements of Compassion around the World

01/16/2012,

What progress is being made toward conceptualizing and adopting the social values of good, compassionate societies? What cross-national indicators are available for comparing societies and regional units in terms of generosity, social justice, harmonious interaction, and other social characteristics related to compassion?

Compassion and Altruism from an Integrated Evolutionary Perspective, David Sloan Wilson Meng Wu Lecture

01/09/2012,

Fully rounded research programs in the biological sciences ask four questions, concerning function, mechanism, development, and phylogeny, which mutually inform each other. The same approach is needed for all human-related subjects, including compassion and altruism.

Emiliana Simon-Thomas at FB

Emiliana Simon-Thomas from Stanford's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education makes the case that compassion is good for you, taking into consideration studies of neural activation associated with emotional and cognitive processes that play a role in compassionate responding.

Conversations on Compassion with Dr. James Doty and Jon Kabat-Zinn

12/14/2011,

Jon Kabat-Zinn’s life work has been largely dedicated to bringing mindfulness into the mainstream of medicine and society. Kabat-Zinn is the author or co-author of many scientific papers on mindfulness and its clinical applications. He has written two bestselling books: Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness (Delta, 1991), and Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (Hyperion, 1994). Kabat-Zinn has made significant contributions to modern health care with his research which focused on mind/body interactions for healing, and on various clinical applications of mindfulness meditation training for people with chronic pain and/or stress-related disorders.

Teacher Certification Program

CCARE’s Compassion Training Teacher Certification program is a part-time, 12-month training for professionals who want to deepen their ability to share the science, philosophy, and pedagogy of compassion. Graduates, who fulfill all program requirements, including a period of supervised teaching, will be certified to teach CCARE’s Compassion Training Course. The Compassion Training Course is 9-week program developed by a team of psychologists, scientists, and contemplative scholars at Stanford University.

Admission Requirements
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Compassion Training Courses

2012 Stanford Compassion Training Registration
Stanford's Compassion Training Class is a nine-week course designed to develop the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness for oneself and for others. CTC integrates traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research on compassion. The program was developed at Stanford University by a team of contemplative scholars, clinical psychologists, and researchers.

Two Locations: Stanford University and UC Berkeley
January 17, 2012 through March 13, 2012
Cost; $325
register at http://www.stanford.edu/group/tickets/ccare

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Upcoming Events

David DeSteno

Topic: Character in the Balance: Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Compassion
Meng-Wu Lecture Series
Thursday, April 19th, 2012 - 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Jordan Hall 040, Stanford University

International Symposia for Contemplative Studies

Thursday, April 26th, 2012 - 8:00am - Sunday, April 29th, 2012 - 5:00pm
Denver, Colorado

Pico Iyer

Topic: Conversations on Compassion with Dr. James Doty and Pico Iyer, esteemed journalist
Monday, May 14th, 2012 - 4:30pm
Annenberg Auditorium

News

Facebook tackling online conflicts with compassionate touch

12/12/2011, Contra Costa Times

Facebook wants to grow more heart. The social media giant copes with a flood of complaints about objectionable photos, bullying hateful comments and other postings. The company doesn't release data on complaints, but it is a "huge volume," said Travis Bright, a product manager for site integrity. Facebook invited national experts to its Palo Alto campus to share the science behind compassion and altruism. In the audience, engineers listened intently to ideas about humanizing interactions.

2012 Stanford Compassion Training Registration

11/30/2011,

Stanford Compassion Training (SCT) is an eight-week course (plus one week orientation session) designed to develop the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness for oneself and for others. SCT integrates traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research on compassion. The program was developed at Stanford University by a team of contemplative scholars, clinical psychologists, and researchers.

SINTN Newsletter - November 2011

11/14/2011, Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation & Translational Neurosciences

Social deficits associated with autism, schizophrenia induced in mice with new technology pioneered by Stanford scientists
Stanford Begins Clinical Testing of SanBio's SB623 Stem Cell Therapy for Cerebral Stroke