by Simon de CroftOverview of empathy The process by which one’s affective experience is shared by another person is known as empathy. The process by which one’s affective experience is shared by another person is known as empathy. In …

In three experiments, social scientists found that compassion consistently caused less religious people to do acts of generousity. But for highly religious people, compassion was largely unrelated to how generous they were – or were not.   h…

“Empathy plays a fundamental role in our social lives. It allows us to share emotions, experiences, needs, and goals. Not surprisingly, there is much empirical evidence suggesting a strong link between between mirror neurons (or some general forms of n…

Unhealthy narcissism leads to elevated stress hormone in men.    Narcissists exist throughout society. Self-absorbed. Entitled. Lacking empathy. In mild forms, narcissism can help men succeed. More unhealthy forms can affect relationships an…