A new study shows that having a few positive experiences with strangers from another group can trigger empathetic brain responses towards members of this unfamiliar outside group.Looking back on 2015, the most disturbing trends in the news for me were:…

Maybe empathy should be the thing that changes the NFL when it comes to concussions, but it probably won’t.The goal of the film — at least one of them — is to inspire empathy. We see the story of Bennet Omalu, the neuropathologist who …

 Many say our health-care system lacks compassion. I too at times feel that pills and surgeries, CT scans and radiation therapies, biopsies and blood tests have become a priority in medicine and that compassion — the “touchy-feely&rdqu…

Empathy is a multidimensional construct consisting of cognitive (inferring mental states) and emotional (empathic concern) components. Despite a paucity of research, individuals on the autism spectrum are generally believed to lack empathy.In the curre…

A study by researchers at the University of Zurich indicates that empathy towards strangers can be learned and that positive experiences with others influence empathic brain responses.According to a recent Swiss study, we are all capable of feeling emp…

How often have you gone to doctors and had the following happen: They truly listen. They ask about the worst part of your pain. They walk with you from the exam room back to the reception area.Exactly. For most Americans, such moments are rare.But…

Forgiveness is good for our health. It can reduce depression and stress, and increase empathy and hope. Unfortunately, it’s a quality that tends to be in short supply in the modern workplace.I was reminded of this point while chatting with a repo…

To be effective in relieving suffering, doctors must strike a balance between paucity and excess of empathy.As a young doctor working in the E.R. my capacity for compassion, and that of my colleagues, was often stretched; this was particularly the case…