In conjunction with the horrific stories in the news as of late, HLN’s Dr. Drew welcomed Dr. James Fallon, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Irvine, who studies the brains of psychopaths.   “The positive ones are those …

As the go-to animal for biological and behavioral research, rats have long been the darlings of science. But only in recent years has their capacity for empathy started to get more attention.That’s not to say that research into rat empathy h…

Does watching TV and playing video games affect our empathy and willingness to engage in pro-social behavior? The results of this study were recently published in the article “Long-Term Relations Among Prosocial-Media Use, Empathy, and Prosocial …

At the conclusion of a new one-day course I just finished leading (an Introduction to Emotional Intelligence), I asked the participants to take a few minutes to assess the class and their biggest value of the day so as to help me as I continue to refin…