About this episode

Peggy Mason discusses her research on empathy in mammals and her journey from a child prodigy to a neurobiologist.

As a child, Peggy Mason was a biology prodigy. Today, as a neurobiologist, Peggy is still working with mammals, but instead of preserving their skins, she’s studying whether they experience empathy and act to help one another...

People in this episode

Guest: Peggy Mason

Topics covered

• empathy
• neurobiology
• mammals
• helping behavior
• child prodigy

Keywords

• empathy
• neurobiology
• mammals
• helping behavior
• Peggy Mason

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