Jeff Mogil /channels/taxonomy/term/7194/all en The secret of empathy /channels/news/secret-empathy-241112 <p>The ability to express empathy -- the capacity to share and feel another’s emotions -- is limited by the stress of being around strangers, according to a new study published today in the journal <i>Current Biology</i>. Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:52:36 +0000 webfull 107543 at /channels 50th anniversary of "Pain Mechanisms: A New Theory" /channels/news/50th-anniversary-pain-mechanisms-new-theory-256801 <p>November 19 marks the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the ground-breaking paper, “<a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/150/3699/971.full.pdf">Pain Mechanisms: A New Theory</a>” co-authored by ƽ岻’s Ronald Melzack, and the late Patrick Wall, which introduced <a href="http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/d/d_03/d_03_cl/d_03_cl_dou/d_03_cl_dou.html#2">gate-control theory</a>.</p> Tue, 17 Nov 2015 18:58:47 +0000 webfull 114041 at /channels