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Compassion within conflict: Toward a computational theory of social groups informed by maternal brain physiology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 July 2022
Abstract
Benevolent intersubjectivity developed in parent–infant interactions and compassion toward friend and foe alike are non-violent interventions to group behavior in conflict. Based on a dyadic active inference framework rooted in specific parental brain mechanisms, we suggest that interventions promoting compassion and intersubjectivity can reduce stress, and that compassionate mediation may resolve conflicts.
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