The secret to empathetic behavior lies in the hormone oxytocin, which promotes maternal bonding and feelings of love among humans, too.  Dogs, dolphins and elephants are known to show empathy when a loved one is in pain, and now researchers have f…

Empathy is the ability to understand and share feelings. Only a handful of species have this trait, including humans. A recent scientific study might have uncovered evidence that tells us why we feel this emotion — and it’s all thanks to a …

An intro to inclusive designhttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/design/inclusive?ocid=inclusivethefilmA 20 minute short film examining inclusive design as an approach to making and sharing examples from the physical and digital worlds.Having empathy is cri…

This seminar will bring together the disciplines of Counselling, Social Work, Medicine and Veterinary Studies to explore the following questions:How is empathy understood in my subject?How is it taught in my subject?What evidence do we have (from stude…

Marketers should aim to relate to their audience in order to write articles that resonate with it, using empathy as a means to create better content.According to content marketing consultancy Stories by Emma’s Founder Emma Siemasko, empathy is un…

Larry Young from Emory University, who studies prairie voles, has seen this behavior again and again. To him, it’s a sign that the rodents are showing empathy.Such claims have proven controversial in the past. For example, in 2012, scientists at the Un…

Until now, consolation has only been observed in relatively large brained animals—apes, elephants, dogs, and some large birds.This study shows for the first time, however, that animals as small as rodents are capable of empathetic behaviors that …

Impaired empathy is associated with a variety of psychiatric conditions; however, little is known about the differential relations between certain forms of psychopathology and cognitive and affective empathy in adolescent girls and boys.The aim of this…