Researchers looked at whether or not wolves caught yawns from each other.On the basis of observational and experimental evidence, several authors have proposed that contagious yawn is linked to our capacity for empathy, thus presenting a powerful …

Empathy is a tool that can be used in the patient-physician relationship to arrive at a mutually acceptable plan of action. Empathy is defined in the dictionary as “the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously …

Empathy — the ability to share someone else’s feelings — is perhaps the most important trait humans demonstrate. It’s not a purely human attribute — in fact, even rodents possess it — but humans are particularly good at it.It al…

For compassion to win, courage must conquer the fear in our heartsAlmost a thousand years ago, the Christian theologian Thomas Aquinas, whose interactions with Muslim thinkers led to some of his greatest works, wrote, “Fear is such a powerful emo…