Why Do We Like to See People Suffer?

In this episode, Tyler Niehaus talks about the findings of both Dr. Rebecca Dewey, PhD and Dr. Stephen Mason, PhD. Dr. Dewey is a neuroimaging research fellow at the University of Nottingham and has an interesting study on how the ability to perceive pain is tied to the ability to have pain empathy. Dr. Mason's study was set to prove that we love to watch people suffer. Tyler discusses both articles in detail as well as gives implications on their findings.