A new US study has shown that the qualities of compassion and kindness may be able to be taught via meditation classes.

Imaging technology has shown that individuals who participate in meditation focusing on kindness and compassion experience changes to areas of the brain that make them more empathetic to others feelings.

Study co-author Antoine Lutz, an associate scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said ‘Potentially one can train oneself to behave in a way which is more benevolent and altruistic’.

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