Jennifer Mascaro's guest appearances

Jennifer Mascaro

The Whole Health Cure

Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture

Judson Brewer

David Katz

Jimmy Carter

Valter Longo

Michael Greger

Zach Bush

Dominick Thompson

Robby Barbaro

Gordon Ramsay

Howard Jacobson

Salman Rushdie

Leah Garces

Jinho Choi

James Wilks

Joseph Ledoux

OwlTail

Jennifer Mascaro, PhD is a biological anthropologist with research interests that center on (1) the variation in, and plasticity of, human social cognition, and (2) the biology of interconnectedness. To this end, she uses structural and functional neuroimaging to explore how behavioral, cultural, hormonal, and genetic factors affect prosocial emotions and behaviors, and how these in turn impact health. Her work is ever collaborative and falls at the interface of medicine, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, religion, and social, clinical, and cognitive psychology. In this conversation we discuss:  Social cognition; Biology of interconnectedness; Understanding compassion, its meaning, where it comes from, and how it affects our health on physical and emotional levels; Gender differences and social norms around expressing compassion; masculinity and "fierce compassion"; Compassion and parenting; Developing the skills of compassion and emotional intelligence.  To learn more please follow the links below: https://www.mascarolab.org/ http://www.fpm.emory.edu/

Jennifer Mascaro, PhD is a biological anthropologist with research interests that center on (1) the variation in, and plasticity of, human social cognition, and (2) the biology of interconnectedness. To this end, she uses structural and functional neuroimaging to explore how behavioral, cultural, hormonal, and genetic factors affect prosocial emotions and behaviors, and how these in turn impact health. Her work is ever collaborative and falls at the interface of medicine, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, religion, and social, clinical, and cognitive psychology. In this conversation we discuss: <ul> <li>Social cognition;</li> <li>Biology of interconnectedness;</li> <li>Understanding compassion, its meaning, where it comes from, and how it affects our health on physical and emotional levels;</li> <li>Gender differences and social norms around expressing compassion; masculinity and "fierce compassion";</li> <li>Compassion and parenting;</li> <li>Developing the skills of compassion and emotional intelligence.</li> </ul> To learn more please follow the links below: <a href="https://www.mascarolab.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mascarolab.org/</a> <a href="http://www.fpm.emory.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fpm.emory.edu/</a>

"Compassion and Biology of Interconnectedness" with Jennifer Mascaro, PhD

Robyn Fivush

This collaborative discussion focuses on the complex question: How and why do parents interact differently with sons and daughters? We approach these questions with the assumption that gender differences in parenting are expressed and performed in everyday interactions between parents and children and shape how children come to understand what it means to be "male" or "female" in their culture. Dr. Fivush will share insights from her research on the social construction of gender in family narratives; Dr. Mascaro will discuss recent findings on gender differences in paternal behavior and brain responses to children. We will also discuss how the social construction of gender is influenced by biology, and we will discuss the evidence that these gender differences in parenting help children construct notions of gender and influence children's social and emotional development. (October 19, 2017)

This collaborative discussion focuses on the complex question: How and why do parents interact differently with sons and daughters? We approach these questions with the assumption that gender differences in parenting are expressed and performed in everyday interactions between parents and children and shape how children come to understand what it means to be "male" or "female" in their culture. Dr. Fivush will share insights from her research on the social construction of gender in family narratives; Dr. Mascaro will discuss recent findings on gender differences in paternal behavior and brain responses to children. We will also discuss how the social construction of gender is influenced by biology, and we will discuss the evidence that these gender differences in parenting help children construct notions of gender and influence children's social and emotional development. (October 19, 2017)

Lunch | Jennifer Mascaro & Robyn Fivush | Gender Differences in Parenting

Carol Worthman

Anthropology has a long history of investigating human variation with the goal of understanding the genetic, environmental, and epigenetic sources of variation existing within and between human populations. Yet the field has historically focused on variation from the neck down. In this discussion we identify inherent challenges to understanding the varieties of mental experience and explore several of the latest methodological advances that have helped researchers better address questions of human brain variation. (September 18, 2015)

Anthropology has a long history of investigating human variation with the goal of understanding the genetic, environmental, and epigenetic sources of variation existing within and between human populations. Yet the field has historically focused on variation from the neck down. In this discussion we identify inherent challenges to understanding the varieties of mental experience and explore several of the latest methodological advances that have helped researchers better address questions of human brain variation. (September 18, 2015)

Lunch | Jennifer Mascaro and Carol Worthman | Challenges and Advances in Understanding the Varieties of Mental Experience