Objective: To evaluate a model that hypothesizes that empathy is associated with decreased right parietal lobe (RPL)-related self-orientation (i.e., increased selflessness), which allows individuals to more easily empathize with others.Methods:Particip…

Brick Johnstone, a neuropsychologist and professor of health psychology at the University of Missouri, and a team of researchers published the results of their empathy study on Wednesday. In the study, researchers gave neuropsychological evaluatio…

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What would happen if thousands of people around the world spent an entire day being as compassionate to fellow human beings as possible? Thanks to Wesleyan University Professor Scott Plous’ Social Psychology course, we don’t have to wonder….

Empathy, or the ability to identify with others’ feelings, often is considered an important relational skill. Previously, researchers had hypothesized that in order for individuals to be empathetic, they needed to be selfless.However, University of Mis…

Here is a sneak peak of our internal evaluation of the program, informed by deep empathy interviews and observation at all of our school sites.“I had a BIG empathy challenge after changing sites to co-locate with another school. I was able to app…