Das philosophische Radio ( WDR5) : Mit Frans de Waal über das Prinzip der Empathie. Moderation : Jürgen Wiebicke. Sendung vom 26.08.2011.See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion

4. Curiosity can expand our empathy.When we are curious about others and talk to people outside our usual social circle, we become better able to understand those with lives, experiences, and worldviews different than our own. Next time you have the ch…

The experience of empathic pain is often described as being comparable to its physical counterpart (nociceptive pain), and so researchers have long suspected a functional connection between the two phenomena.

Evidence for the existence of such an association has accumulated over time, mainly through neuroscientific imaging studies but its defining characteristics have only recently started to come to light. For instance, a piece of research with important implications about the nature of the link between physical and emphatic pain has recently caught the public’s attention.​

Painkillers May Dull Empathic Pain

This Insight is based on a presentation that Jonathan gave at a CEIA expert consultation on empathy in foreign policy-making and diplomacy at Chatham House on 29 June 2016. Jonathan argues that western officials might have been able to anticipate …