Patients on the Nell Gwynne stroke unit are benefiting from therapy of a different kind. Every Wednesday Humphrey, the standard long-haired Dachshund, spends the morning in the day room where patients can visit him for a therapy session. Hump…

Empathy programs have kids beginning to look beyond the surface and not judge others. It’s part of a nationwide effort. The push to make students more empathetic is part of a 10-year effort within schools nationally to combat school violence and …

Jean Decety, PhD; Laurie R. Skelly, PhD; Kent A. Kiehl, PhDImportance  A marked lack of empathy is a hallmark characteristic of individuals with psychopathy. However, neural processes associated with empathic processing have not yet been directly …

Psychopaths are unable to show empathy toward others because their brains aren’t wired to do so, according to a new study in JAMA Psychiatry.http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1681369Researchers from the University of Chicago u…

Recent research suggests even doctors are biased against overweight and obese people. These prejudices can have dangerous consequences, here’s why we need to start talking about weight stigma in a better way. News outlets across the globe hav…

Psychopaths show less activity in areas of the brain linked to empathy when they view images of people in distress, a study shows.This is the first time that neural processes associated with empathic processing have been directly examined in individual…

Terrorists work hard to convince themselves their actions are righteous. Even though a human (or humans) caused the carnage at the finish line, such acts of kindness, as well as a sense of empathy, are actually hard to overcome — even f…

Teachers, parents and others underestimate the true pain felt by victims of bullying. Unless they’ve experienced it firsthand, people underestimate the social pain endured by victims of bullying, a new study finds.This so-called “empathy gap” can …