Originally published at irvinschein.com.
In this post, once again, I thought I would provide some
additional observations on an aspect of the mediation
process. This post will comment on the relationship between
neuroscience and conflict.
There are a number of studies in the booming area of
neuroscience that focus on how the human brain relates to conflict
and specifically on how male and female brains differ in that
connection. For example, psychologically, females are usually
thought to be superior in inter-personal sensitivity than
males. That is a factor that is highly relevant to the issue
of empathy, a critical element in the mediation context.
The entire issue of neuroscience is attractive because it deals
with physical phenomena. It produces pictures of brain activity
which may suggest universal behavioural features. In turn,
this might enable mediators, counsel and parties to better
understand decision-making processes and predict responses
