A common belief is that we are spiritual beings having a human experience, and that our full potential is realized through the practices of love and empathy, and the Ubuntu philosophy.And that’s true! But we can’t ever f…

by Kristie WangThe David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Ashoka Changemakers have announced the six winners of Building Vibrant Communities: Activating Empathy to Create Change! The challenge sought local initiatives that tap the power of empath…

This is one of my favorite things. A short video just shy of 11 minutes packed a big punch and changed my perspective on humanity. Jeremy Rifkin explores the evolution of empathy and offers up a compelling framework for thinking about solutions to some…

At the next Cultural Conversations gathering on October 28, the group will explore the topic of empathy as a personal expression that creates a safe space to build relationships and create community. The meeting, titled “Empathy Across Culture,” t…

The brain, because of its complexity, is a vast organism with different regions key to the processing of reality and the execution of tasks. But in the brain’s neurofractal sea there is a particular type of neurons that demand more attention than…

We also employed a measure known as the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET), which captures the ability to infer what other people are thinking or feeling by looking at their eyes.The test was developed by British psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen an…