Most of us can detect subtle non-verbal cues that surround human and animal interactions, but are some of us more empathetic than others? Neuroscience research, in 1996, discovered the synergistic tendencies of neurons in the pre-motor cortex of macaque monkey brains (Marco Lacoboni, LA School of Medicine, University of California). By studying the active regions of the pre-motor cortex, Lacoboni found that neurons fired in the exact same way, whether the monkey was picking u

Darwinian Theory has a plethora of supportive evidence, from fossils to changes in our DNA, but can the same be said for our minds? Our understanding of the physical world, relies on what scientists tell us can be proven by rigorous testing procedures. Our reactions are tempered and adjusted according to our current notion of reality experienced by our senses. The problem with those methodologies is that we cannot calculate our feelings and emotions in terms of empirical meas