Doctors are able to switch off the part of their brain that helps them appreciate the pain patients experience during treatment,

and instead turn on a brain area that controls emotions, according a study by American and Taiwanese researchers.Because they sometimes have to inflict pain on patients while treating them, doctors have to develop the ability not to be distracted by the suffering of patients, explained co-author Jean Decety, a psychology and psychiatry professor at the University of Chicago.

“They have learned through their training and practice to keep a detached perspective; without such a mechanism, performing their practice could be overwhelming or distressing, and, as a consequence, impair their ability to be of assistance for their patients,” (READ MORE)

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