Ms Klepacki said the program has helped the children as much as the dogs.“It’s encouraging children to develop empathy with animals. It’s a peaceful, quiet exercise. They’re seeing fearfulness in these animals, and seeing the positive affect they…

In this short talk, Seung Chan Lim (Slim) shares two stories from a research he conducted at both the Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University on what it means to “make something,” how it works as a creative process, and why it matters to our…

Social apathy may arise from deficient connections among emotional brain centers When most of us imagine someone in pain, we feel uncomfortable and want to help. Psychopaths do not: a callousness toward others’ suffering is the central featu…

We are now planning, organizing and launching a one year online international conference on the question of, ‘How Can We Build a Culture of Empathy and Compassion?’   The conference consists of an ongoing series of online Panel Discussions with em…