Removing a person’s amygdala, a brain structure involved in emotions, could make it harder for them to recognize other peoples’ emotions, but in a strange case, a woman showed the opposite of what was expected – she developed “hyper empath…

Matthew Winslow is Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at Eastern Kentucky University. He teaches a class on empathy in the filed of psychology.   Matthew says empathy is like being an actor and the best Halloween costume ever. He see…

Indeed, I would suggest that empathy, although mentioned only once, underlies the entire document and is a key to its implementation. It is not farfetched to imagine that the pope’s many gestures of compassion—the affection he shows to peop…

12 ways to teach empathy to your child.    1. Provide consistent emotional and physical support to your child. …..    2. Give your child plenty of physical affection. …..    3. Keep in mind that your child is…