The Facilitative Mediation Table
Concurrent Session 12
Saturday, March 29 10:00-11:15am
Pershing Salon A
Session Description:
Due to mirror neurons, a “Mediator’s Embrace” resonates with all at the mediation table. Neuroscience reveals that mirror neurons are crucial in learning new skills, absorbing knowledge, and forging profound emotional bonds with others. They even shed light on the motivations behind people's actions (Sutton, 2023). This mirror neuron experience, or embrace, shapes “feeling” of opening statements, joint and private discussions, option negotiation, and settlement agreement drafting.

Ethics credit: .25