I took part in a conference in London to explore the benefits of creating a culture of compassion at work.My role was to introduce and interview the speakers – leading business professors, consultants, psychologists, scientists, teachers, healthca…

While playing, dogs mimic their furry pals more often than they copy strangers — a behavior that could reveal more about how dogs became man’s best friend, researchers say.Mimicking behavior may underlie what scientists call emotional contagion, …

Empathy as a national deficit As Ender discovered, a resource for practicing the art of polarization is empathy, but where is that honored in our culture? When our nation’s leadership asks why terrorism continues to grow despite massive…

American researchers took an MRI scanner to a prison in Wisconsin, and scanned the brains of 40 prisoners – finding ‘broken links’ between crucial parts of their brains. Psychopaths such as Hannibal Lecter – Anthony Hopkins’ character in the film The …