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At our 2023 Compassion Symposium Keynote Address, we are excited to welcome Dr Marcela Matos, Clinical Psychologist and Auxiliary Researcher at the Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), University of Coimbra, Portugal. Marcela will open the symposium with her talk titled 'The compassion (r)evolution: From easing suffering to awakening flourishing'.

When trying to understand a system like the human mind, cognitive scientists usually ask people to perform a task. Measuring how people behave given a certain task allows us to understand the processing strategies used and limitations that are present. How well do hypothesised mechanisms explain behaviour?

The field of neuroscience has a rich history of using brain stimulation to perturb brain function to understand the neural mechanisms underpinning cognition and behaviour.

There are currently over 110 million people forcibly displaced worldwide, and, in 2022 less than 1% of these were permanently resettled. Accordingly, tens of millions of people around the world are coping with prolonged uncertainty in the aftermath of significant exposure to trauma and adversity.

Social interactions play a critical role in daily life, allowing individuals to build social connections and communicate with others. The success of social interactions can have a direct effect on an individuals’ mental and physical health; it is therefore important to understand factors that lead to different success rates in social interactions