Susan Lanzoni
Cognoscenti contributor
Susan Lanzoni, Ph.D. is an historian of science, psychology and neuroscience, and author of the award-winning book, “Empathy: A History,” published in 2018 by Yale University Press. She lives in Cambridge.
Recently published
As Alzheimer's Takes Away My Mother's Mind, Just Being Together Is Enough
As we looked out at the Charles River, I knew she felt comfort in my presence, Susan Lanzoni writes of her 88-year-old mother, who has Alzheimer's. We were together and...
An Overnight Field Trip With My Son — And His Diabetes
I came to farm school with a bag of glucose tablets, alcohol wipes, sets for infusion, needles, insulin and emergency glucagon.