Increasing power reduces people's empathy and perspective-taking, creating a blind spot that disadvantages leaders who fail to consider others' perspectives.
Mirror neurons drive unconscious imitation, learning, and empathy and can trigger eating urges when observing others, which food marketing may exploit.
Face-to-face family interactions, especially shared meals, strengthen empathy and social development via mirror-neuron activation in frontal/parietal lobes and the insula.