Section 2: Reading and Writing Module 2 25:21 : Directions Annotate More Mindfulness has been found to be useful in minimizing stress or pain as well as improving empathy. A team of researchers in Toronto was interested in testing whether short-term exposure to mindfulness treatment resulted in | | . . a . . Which choice most logically completes the text? greater empathy and helpfulness toward a stranger. To do so, the researchers had participants in an experimental group undergo two sessions of mindfulness therapy while participants in a control group listened to a lecture on though mindfulness improved levels of empathy in the experimental group, there remained a greater lack of willingness to help the stranger than there was in the control group, empathy and helping strangers. Then the participants watched an interview detailing a stranger's story and were @ evaluated on their levels of empathy and commitment to helping the stranger. Participants in the experimental group were found to have increased levels of empathy toward the stranger, while participants in the control group did not. However, both groups had similar levels of commitment to help the stranger, which suggests that participants in both experimental and control groups were willing to volunteer help to the stranger. short-term mindfulness can improve empathy, but more mindfulness therapy sessions are needed to change behavior. ) an increase in empathy does not necessarily result in an increased willingness to volunteer help. natalie garcia oo ) G oO B ec M "5 Sp oct27 1043 @