Empathy

Remembering Frans de Waal, who studied empathy and emotion in primates

Empathy Could Be Socially Transmitted, Scientists Discover

Naomi Feil, Who Promoted Empathy as a Response to Dementia, Dies at 91

'Shot in the Arm' Documentary Treats Vaccine Denialism with a Dose of Empathy

A 'Hidden Curriculum' in Med School Trains Doctors to Have Less Empathy

The Origins of Human Empathy May Go All The Way Back to The Ocean

Babies feel an innate empathy towards dogs, study says

How to reduce the temptation to cheat: Empathy

Research revealed that women are better than men at understanding others (also known as ‘cognitive empathy’)

New research reveals risk factors for childhood abuse, both at the relationship and caretaker level. These include, among others: parenting stress, low empathy, low self-esteem, impulsiveness, loneliness, mental illness, limited knowledge of child development, and low family cohesion.

Research Links Increased Empathy With Live Theater Experience

An fMRI study (N=62) shows regulating the negative emotions of another person reduces our own stress, particularly if we are high in empathy. Regulating of another's emotions was mediated by increased activity in the social brain network (precuneus; the left temporoparietal junction).

Research shows the role empathy may play in music

Brain regions linked to empathy bigger in monkeys with more friends

Listening to friends tell you about their dreams helps develop empathy

Cynical people are less likely to respond with empathy and prosocial behavior after being socially excluded

Empathy softens teachers' biases, reduces racial gap in student suspensions

Are Chimpanzees Capable of Empathy?

'A Complex Form of Empathy': Boars Hatch Breakout Plan to Save Two Caged Piglets

What Rat Empathy May Reveal About Human Compassion