Page |3 actions that imply particular timing of the same or similar actions. patterns such as synchrony or rhythmic Interestingly, these brain regions in the turn taking such as applauding in unison human are also responsive to observation or the ‘wave’ that is produced by and imitation of facial movements, and thousands of individual sports fans in a appear to be sensitive to their emotional stadium. A model to explain such content. synchronized behavior is proposed in terms of the neural processes that are Connecting and Binding Social Brains jointly recruited. One of the main . implications suggested by this model is and Minds that taking part in or being part of a synchronized social interaction gives rise 9. Empathy and Interpersonal Sensitivity to a qualitative shift in subjective Empathy is thought to play a key role in experience due to the difficulty of motivating prosocial behavior, guiding applying an individual centered our preferences and behavioral explanation to collectively produced responses, and providing the affective spontaneous co-action. and motivational base for moral development. While folk conceptions of You and 1 as Ons empathy view it as the capacity to share, understand and respond with care to the . . _ affective states of others, neuroscience 7. Action at a Distance: The Invisible research demonstrates that these Force of Language components can be dissociated. Empathy Language forms the fabric of our social is not a unique characteristic of human institutions and makes tangible the nature consciousness, but it is an important of our relationships. Although the adaptive behavior that evolved with the function of language is typically viewed mammalian brain. However, humans are in terms of the information content that it special in the sense that high-level provides, some of the social function of cognitive abilities (language, theory of language may depend on the way it mind, executive functions) are layered on affects us. The idea of l