6 Tips to Talk to Your Kids About DisabilitiesWhether it’s a classmate who is on the autism spectrum or a loved one with muscular dystrophy, your child probably has someone in her life with a disability that she might have questions about. No matt…

Does it ever feel like people are all self-absorbed jerks? Like they’re not listening? Only in it for themselves. You’re not crazy. Empathy is declining.   Here’s how to be more empathetic:Listen. And then open up until you have a “vulne…

Neuroscientist Giacomo Rizzolatti, MD, who with his colleagues at the University of Parma first identified mirror neurons, says that the neurons could help explain how and why we “read” other people’s minds and feel empathy for them.  If watching …

High levels of anxiety a week after a kidney transplant patient went home more than doubled the chances he or she would be readmitted within 30 days of release, researchers found. And anxiety was higher for patients who received inconsistent direc…

..Over the course of decades, research has turned up all kinds of weird facts about empathy — where it’s regulated, how it works, and what makes some people hide their faces in agony during medical documentaries while others chill out on the couc…

Prosocial behaviors are essential for social bonding and cohesion, but the mechanisms that underpin these behaviors are still poorly understood. Using computational modeling and neuroimaging, we show that people can learn to benefit others and tha…

Empathy and the generosity it sparks are essential human traits. Although scientists have investigated these behaviors in depth, the neural mechanisms beneath them are still not fully understood. Breaking research gives new clues. Being generous i…