Understanding the Minds of Others in Fiction, Play, and Reality

Empathy, the ability to understand the internal mental states of other people, is central to human social and emotional life. Learn how our capacity to empathize extends to characters in fictional worlds created in literature, theatre, play, and art.

Chapters and Speakers:
00:00 Introduction by Pamela Smith, Seth Low Professor of History, Director of the Center for Science and Society, Columbia University
04:45 Introduction by Valerio Amoretti, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, Columbia University
11:08 Presentation by Meghan L. Meyer, Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College
28:19 Presentation by Thalia R. Goldstein, Associate Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology, George Mason University
46:32 Presentation by Lisa Zunshine, Bush-Holbrook Professor of English, University of Kentucky
01:04:04 Discussion
01:14:39 Q&A

Understanding the Minds of Others in Fiction, Play, and Reality was held on April 18, 2022, as part of the Seminars in Society and Neuroscience series organized by the Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience program at Columbia University.

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