In a new study, a group of scientists, including researchers at UC Berkeley, have found that people who tested high for empathy shared the same DNA linked to promoting social interaction and love. The GG genotype is a receptor gene that picks up on oxy…

Compassion is indeed scary. Compassion gives way to forgiveness and non-judgment. This trio – compassion, forgiveness, non-judgment – feels like moral anarchy. Compassion is scary for those who feel lost without strict moral guidelines. For…

The Global Lives Project is a video library of life experience, designed to cultivate empathy across cultures.We curate an ever-expanding collection of films that faithfully capture 24 continuous hours in the lives of individuals from around the world….

Eva-Maria Engelen and Birgitt Röttger-RösslerCurrent Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Debates on Empathy   Isabel Dziobek: Comment: Towards a More Ecologically Valid Assessment of Empathy   Arthur M. Jacobs: Comment on W…