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Empathy is typically seen as eliciting warmth and compassion—a generally positive state that makes people do good things to others. However, empathy may also motivate aggression on behalf of the vulnerable other.Researchers at the State Univ…

Is empathy changing in a world where social media and globalization are rapidly transforming how we interact with others? The University of Victoria’s Rebeccah Nelems is investigating empathy and youth as part of a prestigious three-year scholars…

“We want to see if having this intense emotionally arousing experience could change the way you think and the way you act toward the homeless,” says Elise Ogle, project manager at Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, which designed this…