But the phenomenon is very similar to a well-described neurological phenomenon known as prosopagnosia. Prosopagnosia is the inability to link a person's identity to the visual image of their face. So in the classic scenario, somebody with prosopagnosia, you stand them in front of a mirror and say, who's looking back at you?
But the phenomenon is very similar to a well-described neurological phenomenon known as prosopagnosia. Prosopagnosia is the inability to delink a person's identity to the visual image of their face. So in the classic scenario, somebody with prosopagnosia, you stand them in front of a mirror and say, who's looking back at you?
It's also essential to be pro-social in a way to lift out of the negative narratives that inhabit us. And prosociality is the opposite of antisocial. So it's very powerful to engage in practices that actually nourish beneficial qualities within us.
on the mission and saying, OK, how am I going to help make a group more than the sum of its parts. That's what prosocial skills are about. When it comes to being proactive, I think that what proactive leaders do most effectively is they are human sponges, which means they're not just seeking
Because that required a different type of interaction. That required much more prosociality. And in a way, I think we've been domesticating ourselves, selecting each other for those aspects of prosociality which are the most conducive to living in groups.
And that shows because of this extreme level of consumption, 120 kilos of meat in USA, 80 in Europe, only 3 It also changes your prosocial behavior.
And that shows because of this extreme level of consumption, 120 kilos of meat in USA, 80 in Europe, only 3 And you see the prosocial behavior, the blue stack, is much higher than any other psychological intervention.
Is it always about our own emotions? know promote prosocial behaviors, promoting empathy, promote compassion.
Their languages are also being destroyed. are called the prosodic structure-- the whole pitch stress structure of a sentence-- it goes up and down,
So they had people saying the phrases only in Chinese, and non-Chinese speakers listening and trying to interpret their intentions. And still just based on the prosodic cues related to how that person is delivering that line in another language, the listener still feels wildly overconfident that they know what that person means.
And I showed from the neuroscience perspective that that position was rather untenable. I then wrote about the evolution of prosociality in humans in a book called "The Domesticated Brain." And in it, I put forward a controversial idea that humans have been social, really, from very early on, and many of our ancestors are.
And he says, UCLA, as a taxpayer-funded public university, will strive in every way possible to build The answer is it's the most prosocial generation of young Americans since 1937.
And he says, UCLA, as a taxpayer-funded public university, will strive in every way possible to build What is the history of prosocial media?
And he says, UCLA, as a taxpayer-funded public university, will strive in every way possible to build And we need to do more prosocial media.
And he says, UCLA, as a taxpayer-funded public university, will strive in every way possible to build We think that there should be the prosocial awards.
And he says, UCLA, as a taxpayer-funded public university, will strive in every way possible to build But everything measured rigorously by prosocial intent and prosocial efficacy.
We're picking up all of these sorts of patterns. But we're listening to the pitch patterns and the prosody. And what's interesting is that it has been found that with really, really young babies, neonates, it's already possible to identify
until it's linked up to a face. So damage to any part of this network can lead to prosopagnosia. And I'm going to show you an interesting example of temporarily induced prosopagnosia.
So the disconnect between seeing the face and the identity of the experimenter-- he was looking at the experimenter, he knew who this person was-- just got disconnected. So this is a great example of a transiently induced prosopagnosia. The whole image of the face just got torn apart.
to higher level areas of the brain until it's linked up to a face. So damage to any part of this network can lead to prosopagnosia. And I'm going to show you an interesting example of temporarily induced prosopagnosia.
He knew who this person was-- just got disconnected. So this is a great example of a transiently induced prosopagnosia. The whole image of the face just got torn apart.
Real time, not fake time like the other labs, real time. David is most interested to figure out how to foster prosocial behavior all around the world. And he told me that in summary his work can be summarised in three words, vice and virtue.
And he says, UCLA, as a taxpayer-funded public university, will strive in every way possible to build I don't think we would say she was prosocial.
skills that every leader needs. I think about them as being proactive, prosocial, disciplined, and determined. And those are table stakes.
that compassion, altruism-- although it's the same thing-- it's a little bit too far from the usual preoccupations of those corporate worlds, for instance. But the scientific results show that it doesn't per se automatically bring about more prosocial behavior while loving kindness does in a big way.
But we don't really know the neural underpinnings of it. But the phenomenon is very similar to a well-described neurological phenomenon known as prosopagnosia. Prosopagnosia is the inability to link a person's identity to the visual image of their face.
Prosopagnosia is the inability to link a person's identity to the visual image of their face. So in the classic scenario, somebody with prosopagnosia, you stand them in front of a mirror and say, who's looking back at you? And they won't be able to tell you who they are.
So damage to any part of this network can lead to prosopagnosia. And I'm going to show you an interesting example of temporarily induced prosopagnosia. What we're going to see is a patient who's about ready to undergo neurosurgery.
But Capgras Delusion is a psychiatric problem, which means it's characterized at this behavioral level, but we don't really know the neural underpinnings of it. But the phenomenon is very similar to a well-described neurological phenomenon known as prosopagnosia. Prosopagnosia is the inability to delink a person's identity to the visual image of their face.
Prosopagnosia is the inability to delink a person's identity to the visual image of their face. So in the classic scenario, somebody with prosopagnosia, you stand them in front of a mirror and say, who's looking back at you? And they won't be able to tell you who they are.
So damage to any part of this network can lead to prosopagnosia. And I'm going to show you an interesting example of temporarily induced prosopagnosia. What we're going to see is a patient is about ready to undergo neurosurgery.
And he says, UCLA, as a taxpayer-funded public university, will strive in every way possible to build The first thing you have to do if you want to be prosocial media maker is you'd better do a bit of research and work out
And he says, UCLA, as a taxpayer-funded public university, will strive in every way possible to build First of all, what is prosocial media?
And he says, UCLA, as a taxpayer-funded public university, will strive in every way possible to build Lenny Riefenstahl, excellent documentarian-- clearly not prosocial, made her films entirely for Hitler.
I learn the difference between strokes of the left hemisphere of the brain, which rob their victims of their words, and strokes of the right hemisphere, which deprive their victims of something more subtle but no less important, the prosody of their voices, their ability to convey emotion or urgency, those moments of emphasis that determine meaning. Even more, I learned to anticipate the ways this loss will shape someone's life, how our inability to parse these subtleties
But I think we need to go a little bit further if we want to ask, what is it that separates great leaders from their peers? And I think there, what I'm really interested in is not just being indiscriminately prosocial, not just being a servant leader, but being focused on the mission and saying, OK, how am I going to help make a group more than the sum of its parts.
We see this coming up in politics, where people downplay how confident people are, how competent they are at doing their jobs. But we were looking at whether-- I mean, we work on speech prosody, so rhythm and pitch patterns, and so on.
And that shows because of this extreme level of consumption, 120 kilos of meat in USA, 80 in Europe, only 3 So anyway, the idea that it is loving-kindness mediation that really increases prosocial behavior, and it is the antidote to burnout.
He's got a tumor in the underside of his brain near that core face network. And surgeons want to resect the tumor, but they don't want to make him prosopagnosic. So what they did is they implanted stimulators on the underside of his brain.
He's got a tumor in the underside of his brain near that core face network. And surgeons want to resect the tumor, but they don't want to make him prosopagnosiac. So what they did is they implanted stimulators on the underside of his brain.
And he says, UCLA, as a taxpayer-funded public university, will strive in every way possible to build The goal is to send forth a legion, a battalion of prosocial media makers into the world as we graduate
And he says, UCLA, as a taxpayer-funded public university, will strive in every way possible to build You will come out at the other end as a proficient, prosocial, qualified, trained media maker.
That required much more prosociality. And in a way, I think we've been domesticating ourselves, selecting each other for those aspects of prosociality which are the most conducive to living in groups. And then my most recent book, "Possessed-- Why We Want More Than We Need," was really an attempt to understand this relentless sense
And when we have a shared activity, these loops open and close really quickly. And with each closing of a loop, according to research by Paul J. Zak, these prosocial activities release oxytocin. And that chemical that's associated with social bonding causes us to bond more.
And that shows because of this extreme level of consumption, 120 kilos of meat in USA, 80 in Europe, only 3 And premier results show that mindfulness is great to reduce stress, but it doesn't increase your prosocial behavior.
And that shows because of this extreme level of consumption, 120 kilos of meat in USA, 80 in Europe, only 3 And, at the same time, those who are with this increased prosocial behavior, they also found a decrease in the size,
that compassion, altruism-- although it's the same thing-- it's a little bit too far from the usual preoccupations of those corporate worlds, for instance. If you say we'll teach you attention, emotional balance, and prosocial behavior, any parents and any teacher will go for it.
that compassion, altruism-- although it's the same thing-- it's a little bit too far from the usual preoccupations of those corporate worlds, for instance. And actually many studies have shown, like Tania Singer's one year study, that mindfulness alone reduces stress, doesn't bring prosocial behavior.
And he says, UCLA, as a taxpayer-funded public university, will strive in every way possible to build So mission one, already underway, is teach undergraduate and grad students how to be excellent, motivated, proficient prosocial media makers.