Authors@Google: Thomas Lewis on "The Neuroscience of Empathy"

Great talk on an important subject. Dr. Lewis is co-author of A General Theory of Love.

Author Dr. Thomas Lewis discusses "The Neuroscience of Empathy" as part of the Authors@Google series.

Thomas Lewis, M.D. is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, and a former associate director of the Affective Disorders Program there. Dr. Lewis currently divides his time between writing, private practice, and teaching at the UCSF medical school.

This event took place December 5, 2007 at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

Tags: Psychology, empathy, brain, mind, Authors@Google, Thomas Lewis, The Neuroscience of Empathy, Affective Disorders, A General Theory of Love, affective, neuroscience, emotions, feelings, interpersonal, neurobiology