Empathy – that is, the ability to understand and be aware of, co-experience the feelings and thoughts of other people, is probably one of the most important skills a person may have. And it’s not just for building and maintaining strong and…

Growing up in a family run care home, Andy Bradley discusses how his experiences with the elderly have helped him to better understand how we can provide com…See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion

A new study shows that having a few positive experiences with strangers from another group can trigger empathetic brain responses towards members of this unfamiliar outside group.Looking back on 2015, the most disturbing trends in the news for me were:…

Stress is the reason why we find it hard to empathise with someone we do not know, researchers suggest.In separate tests in mice and people, empathy towards strangers increased when stress hormones were blocked by a drug. Playing a fun video game …