Studies have shown that medical students have less empathy by the time they graduate, but several Boston healthcare centers are working to fix the issue.  Dr. Daniel Chen, an assistant professor of medicine and assistant dean of student affai…

We now have a model of the empathic process that allows us to discuss the various aspects of empathy in a more complete way, but I have yet to make the case that such an account is vital to our understanding of deliberative democracy.    Fron…

Practicing self-compassion not only makes individuals healthier and happier but also is a good predictor of healthy romantic relationships, according to a new study by University of Texas at Austin educational psychologists Kristin Neff and Tasha Beret…

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is focusing on her empathy for women, minorities and children.  Julia Gillard, in her endorsement last week of Hillary Clinton, said Clinton “knows what it’s like to be the subject of the stereotype that a powerful woman…