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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers ID: #46376 Medium Greater Good
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Now, there's lots of studies. So, there's a centre in Berkeley called the Centre for Greater Good, which you could look up. And they have lots and lots of studies that they collect and report on topics like altruism and empathy; and also at Stanford, there's a centre for studies of, I think it's called compassion and altruism, I think is the is the acronym for the Centre Stanford, which again they conduct lots of research and are looking into the neurobiology of it, there are certain areas of the brain that seem to be activated with empathetic practises like loving, kindness, meditation for example, an area called the posterior cingulate cortex, which is responsible for emotional memory retrieval and other things; and that's one area that's been shown to enlarge with either, forgiveness, medication or mindfulness meditation; and very interestingly, it also enlarges with weight lifting exercise in our studies. So, not sure why weightlifting makes you enlarge the same part of your brain that makes that is enlarged with empathy. But it does so there are there are other studies looking at, functional MRS to look at the connectedness between different areas of the brain. So there are lots and lots of studies looking at the neurobiology; and there are also people looking at neuroendocrinology, so looking at changes in stress hormones in particular that seem to be different in people who are expressing traits of altruism and empathy compared to people who don't. So, they have different stressor responses too.

Which two institutions conduct research on topics like altruism, empathy, compassion, and their connection to the human brain?

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Option 1: "The Centre for Greater Good in Berkeley"

Explanation: The text explicitly mentions the Centre for Greater Good in Berkeley as a place that conducts studies on altruism and empathy. This aligns with the main idea of the text, which discusses various institutions researching these topics.

Option 2: "The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization"

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text does not mention the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in relation to research on altruism or empathy. Therefore, it does not fit the context of the provided information.

Option 3: "The World Health Organization"

Explanation: The World Health Organization is not referenced in the text regarding studies on altruism, empathy, or their neurobiological connections. This makes this option irrelevant to the question.

Option 4: "Stanford's Centre for Compassion and Altruism"

Explanation: The text refers to Stanford's Centre for Compassion and Altruism, indicating that it conducts research on similar topics as the Centre for Greater Good. This supports the overall theme of the text regarding institutions studying altruism and empathy.

Option 5: "The American Psychological Association"

Explanation: The American Psychological Association is not mentioned in the text as conducting research on the specified topics. Thus, this option does not align with the information provided.

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