Of course we want our kids to be compassionate and sensitive to other people’s feelings. The problem is that many kids’ “empathy potential” is greatly handicapped because they don’t have the ability to identify and express…

Of course we want our kids to be compassionate and sensitive to other people’s feelings. The problem is that many kids’ “empathy potential” is greatly handicapped because they don’t have the ability to identify and express…

But something more is at stake: our children’s empathy and emotional intelligence. As I researched and wrote, UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World I was struck staggering statistics that show a forty percent d…

A recent neuroimaging study by NeuRA researcher Dr Muireann Irish has revealed why some people with dementia lose their ability to empathise.The focus of Neuroscience Research Australia, or NeuRA, has always been on neuroscience. We conduct clinical an…

Empathy is a key cornerstone of human social behavior, but the complex neural interactions underlying this behavior are not yet fully understood.  Previous hypotheses have suggested that the same brain regions that allow humans to feel pain in the…

“Empathy is not an inborn trait,” Borba writes. “Empathy is a quality that can be taught — in fact, it’s a quality that must be taught, by parents, by educators and by those in a child’s community. And what’s more, it’s a talent that kids can cul…

“Empathy is not an inborn trait,” Borba writes. “Empathy is a quality that can be taught — in fact, it’s a quality that must be taught, by parents, by educators and by those in a child’s community. And what’s more, it’s a talent that kids can cul…

“Empathy is not an inborn trait,” Borba writes. “Empathy is a quality that can be taught — in fact, it’s a quality that must be taught, by parents, by educators and by those in a child’s community. And what’s more, it’s a talent that kids can cul…

The research suggests that empathy is a deliberative process that requires taking another person’s perspective rather than being an instinctive, automatic process,” said Tor Wager, the senior author of the study, director of the Cognitive a…

Amaryllis Fox’s secret life in the CIA taught her one lesson: Listen to your enemy. As she begins the process of having her CIA cover rolled back, this is the first time she has spoken publicly about working undercover. See it on Scoop.it, via Emp…