Intuitively, we know that people under severe stress don’t pay much attention to the problems of others, particularly to the problems of people whom they don’t know. This concept was put to the test by Canadian scientists.In their recent ar…

What appears to be a gender empathy gap, may not be based on the lacking of any actual empathy, but instead fearful males defending their fragile male ego by denying the male sex is capable of being victimized by the “weaker sex”.RazorBlade…

New research has found that types of empathy can be predicted by looking at physical differences in the brain. This raises the fascinating possibility that some kinds of empathy might be able to be increased by training or that it might be possible for…

If researchers at Monash University in Australia are right, there are physical reasons why some people exhibit certain kinds of empathy while others do not. The researchers — who cited their findings in the journal NeuroImage, as reported in Medical N…

More surprising to her, Dr. Lazar discovered that she was becoming more empathic with others and could more easily see things from their perspective…At the intersection between biology and psychology, a new field was emerging called social neuroscien…

If you want to learn the building blocks of empathy and a sense of justice, just look to the nearest 3-year-old.While these two traits seem like they might require years of experience and observation to acquire, a new study published in Current Biology…

Earlier in the day, talking about the continuing need to be creative, Evan believes ‘fun’ and ‘empathy’ are two core values which enable his business to move forwards in the right way.‘We get into groups of ten people to t…

You’ve probably known since around kindergarten (if not earlier) that some people are just more emotional than others. It’s not just a gender thing, either — there’s always a weepy boy and that stone-faced girl. New research sug…

There is only one answer to the divisive rift at the heart of our society. That is empathy.Empathy for the physically and mentally unwell, for people of all ages and all classes from all countries, cultures, religions and backgrounds, for victims and c…

Humanity’s biggest problems have their roots in lack of communication. The obvious solution to problems is clearly communication and proper understanding,but how can we communicate when we encounter language barriers ? When wo…