The Oxford Handbook of Compassion Science

Edited by Emma M. Seppälä, Science Director, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University School of Medicine, Edited by Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Science Director, University of California, Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, Edited by Stephanie L. Brown, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Scineces, Stony Brook University, Edited by Monica C. Worline, Research Scientist, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University School of Medicine, Edited by C. Daryl Cameron, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, and Edited by James R. Doty, Director, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University School of Medicine

Emma M. Seppälä, PhD, is Science Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University School of Medicine and Co-Director of the Yale College Emotional Intelligence Project at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. She is the author of The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate Your Success (2016).

Emiliana Simon-Thomas, PhD, is the Science Director at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center (GGSC). Among other initiatives, she runs the GGSC Research Fellowship program and co-instructs GG101x: The Science of Happiness.

Stephanie L. Brown, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stony Brook University. She was the lead editor on the edited volume Moving Beyond Self-Interest: Perspectives from Evolutionary Biology, Neuroscience, and the Social Sciences (OUP 2011).

Monica C. Worline, PhD, is a research scientist at the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education and Executive Director of CompassionLab. She is also the founder and CEO of EnlivenWork.

Daryl Cameron, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State University.

James R. Doty, MD, is the founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. He is a professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and the New York Times bestselling author of Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart (2016).

Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal
Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, USA

C. Daniel Batson
Department of Psychology
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas, USA

R. Michael Brown
Department of Psychology
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, Washington, USA

Stephanie L. Brown
Department of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York, USA

C. Daryl Cameron
Department of Psychology
The Pennsylvania State University
State College, Pennsylvania, USA

Kim Cameron
Ross Management & Organizations Department
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

C. Sue Carter
The Kinsey Institute
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana, USA

Joan Y. Chiao
Department of Psychology and Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Northwestern University
International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium
Highland Park, Illinois, USA

Paul Condon
Department of Psychology
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Richard J. Davidson
Center for Healthy Minds
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Mark H. Davis
Department of Psychology
Eckerd College
St. Peterburg, Florida, USA

David DeSteno
Department of Psychology
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

James R. Doty
The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education
Department of Neurosurgery
Stanford University
Stanford, California, USA

Jane E. Dutton
Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Nancy Eisenberg
Department of Psychology
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, USA

Eve Ekman
Osher for Integrative Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, USA

Paul Ekman
Department of Psychology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, USA

Charles R. Figley
School of Social Work
Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Kathleen Regan Figley
School of Social Work
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Lisa Flook
Center for Healthy Minds
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Zeno Franco
Department of Family Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Christopher Germer
Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Dara G. Ghahremani
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, USA

Paul Gilbert
The Compassionate Mind Foundation
Derby, England

Jennifer L. Goetz
Department of Psychology
Centre College
Danville, Kentucky, USA

Philippe R. Goldin
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
University of California, Davis
Davis, California, USA

Yotam Heineberg
The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education
Stanford University
Stanford, California, USA

Shao-Hsuan Shaun Ho
Department of Psychiatry
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York, USA

Hooria Jazaieri
Greater Good Science Center
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, USA

Brandon G. King
Department of Psychology
Center for Mind and Brain
University of California, Davis
Davis, California, USA

James N. Kirby
The School of Psychology
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia

Olga M. Klimecki
Swiss Center for Affective Sciences
Laboratory for the Study of Emotion Elicitation and Expression
Department of Psychology
University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland

Sara Konrath
Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA;
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA;
Department of Psychiatry
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York, USA

Birgit Koopman-Holm
Psychology Department
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, California, USA

Brooke D. Lavelle
Courage of Care Coalition
Mind and Life Institute

Christos Lionis
Clinic of Social and Family Medicine
University of Crete
Crete, Greece

Daniel Martin
Department of Management



California State University, East Bay
Hayward, California, USA;
Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE)
Stanford University
Stanford, California, USA

Jennifer Mascaro
Division of Family and Preventive Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Mario Mikulincer
New School of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya
Herzliya, Israel

Jake P. Moskowitz
Psychology & Social Behavior
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California, USA

Kristin Neff
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas, USA

Lobsang Tenzin Negi
Department of Religion
Emory College
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Paul K. Piff
Department of Psychology and Social Behavior
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California, USA

Eric C. Porges
Institute on Aging
Department of Aging & Geriatric Research
University of Florida, Gainesville
Gainesville, Florida, USA

Stephen W. Porges
Kinsey Institute
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana, USA

Michael J. Poulin
Department of Psychology
SUNY University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York, USA

Charles L. Raison
Department of Psychiatry
School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Clifford D. Saron
Center for Mind and Brain
University of California, Davis
MIND Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center
Davis, California, USA

Sarina R. Saturn
Department of Psychological Sciences
University of Portland
Portland, Oregon, USA

Brianna Schuyler
Center for Healthy Minds
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Emma Seppälä
Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education
Stanford University
Stanford, California, USA;
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Phillip R. Shaver
Department of Psychology
University of California, Davis
Davis, California, USA

Sue Shea
Faculty of Medicine
University of Crete
Crete, Greece

Emiliana Simon-Thomas
Greater Good Science Center
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, USA

Tania Singer
Department of Social Neuroscience
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science
Leipzig, Germany

Alea C. Skwara
Department of Psychology
Center for Mind and Brain
University of California, Davis
Davis, California, USA

Tracy L. Spinrad
T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, USA

James E. Swain
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York, USA;

Jeanne L. Tsai
Department of Psychology
Stanford University
Stanford, California, USA

Erika Weisz
Department of Psychology
Stanford University
Stanford, California, USA

Helen Y. Weng
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Neuroscape, Sandler Neurosciences Institute
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, USA;
Center for Healthy Minds
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Monica C. Worline
Center for Positive Organizations
Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA;
Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education
Stanford University
Stanford, California, USA

Jamil Zaki
Department of Psychology
Stanford University
Stanford, California, USA

Sasha Zarins
Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Philip G. Zimbardo
Department of Psychology
Stanford University
Stanford, California, USA

"A comprehensive and brilliant collection of essays on the contours of compassion." " - Joan Halifax, PhD, Abbott, Upaya Zen Center

"This is a masterpiece of comprehensive clarity about a profound and sometimes murky subject-compassion-that is particularly relevant to our world today. Carefully edited, thoroughly referenced, and spanning a wide range of topics, the chapters within it come from world-class experts who summarize what's known and then break new ground. With many practical implications, this is one of the rare scholarly books that both educates the mind and lifts the heart." " - Rick Hanson, PhD, author of Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

"The collection provides a fascinating prism of inter- and transdisciplinary exploration of compassion, and is a valuable source for researchers in wide array of academic fields. This is an enchanting read for anyone wishing to understand the essential role of compassion in the everyday encounters between individuals in organizations of different sizes, but also in pondering better-functioning societal structures." " - Anne Birgitta Pessi, Director of Projects CoPassion and CoCare, and Professor Church and Social Studies, University of Helsinki

"A ground-breaking integration of behavioral, social, and biological perspectives on compassion. This volume debuts a new field at the consilience of moral philosophy and empirical science." " - Steve Cole, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine

"From the intricacies of modern compassion science, through to the practical applications for compassion clinically and in daily life, this timely volume is set to motivate, inspire, and embolden compassionate action around the world." " - Stan Steindl, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Psychology Consultants Pty Ltd, and Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Psychology, University of Queensland