The Warm Glow of Helping (Update)
From The Shape of the World by Shape of the World Studios
December 18, 2025 · 30 min
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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