‘Watching Dance: Kinesthetic Empathy’ uses audience research and neuroscience to explore how dance spectators respond to and identify with dance. It is a multidisciplinary project, involving collaboration across four institutions (University of Manches…

Let’s talk about parental narcissism instead!    Whenever I hear people talk about “ a difficult child,” I immediately wonder what is going on in that family. Kids react to their world and feelings with behavior without unde…

 “Empathy is a way of being and does not come in a binder.” How Todd Elementary School infuses empathy throughout the curriculum.  In her time as principal over the past three years, McDermott has committed to making empathy …

High levels of testosterone may reduce empathy by interfering with communication between parts of the brain involved in emotion, according to a study to be published in the journal Psychoneuroendicinology. There is a large body of scientific …