Using humor and wearing a University of Minnesota visor that matched his maroon and gold robe, the Dalai Lama spoke to hundreds of Mayo Clinic staff members about compassion and finding peace. “Compassion means an open mind,” he told about 300 people T…

One particular emotion that film and television can elicit is empathy: the ability to share the emotions of another person, to imaginatively put yourself in their shoes. Screen media can tap into our capacity for empathy through a variety of techniques…

 This story today about the rich man and Lazarus demonstrates the problem with a lack of empathy. The comedian Louis CK also spoke recently about our inability to empathize. In a television interview, he said that children should not hav…

People on the autistic spectrum lack empathy. This is a general conception, but is this conception based on fact or fiction? I would say it’s a combination of both. We often lack emotional empathy because we aren’t the best at picking …