Compassion within conflict: Toward a computational theory of social groups informed by maternal brain physiology

Benevolent intersubjectivity developed in parent-infant interactions and compassion toward friend and foe alike are nonviolent interventions to group behavior in conflict. Based on a dyadic active inference framework rooted in specific parental brain mechanisms, we suggest that interventions promoting compassion and intersubjectivity can reduce stress, and that compassionate mediation may resolve conflicts.