Empathy is biased; we are more prone to feel empathy for attractive people and for those who look like us or share our ethnic or national background.
And empathy is narrow; it connects us to particular individuals, real or imagined, but is insensitive to numerical differences and statistical data.
Sounds like an argument for more empathy, not less. If empathy is naturally too narrow, work to make the scope bigger.
Men caught a yawn on 40 per cent of occasions, while women did so nearly 55 per cent of the time.In addition, studies in empathy suggest women are more sensitive than men to others’ emotions are so are more likely to mimic facial expressions.Thus…
The thoughtful director of New York City’s Sara Curry Preschool and author of The Children’s Bill of Emotional Rights, Eileen Johnson has developed a philosophy of children’s emotional development. Over breakfast in the East Village, …
The brain is naturally empathetic. You have “mirror neurons” which connect your brain like Wi-Fi with people you observe. As a protective mechanism, you automatically tune into their emotions, their movements and intentions.When you walk down the stree…
Research shows that empathetic people will be more successful at navigating social situations in the long-term. Intellectual empathy allows them to understand a bully better, and gives them sense of control over the situation. They have better in…
