Although empathy is crucial for successful social interactions, excessive sharing of others’ negative emotions may be maladaptive and constitute a source of burnout. To investigate functional neural plasticity underlying the augmentation of empathy and…

By: Meneka Gandhi in The People’s ChronicleTwo rats unknown to each other were kept together in a large cage. One rat was trapped in a small restrainer — a closed tube with a door that could be nudged open from the outside. The second rat r…

Psychopaths do not lack empathy, rather they can switch it on at will, according to new research, which could explain how psychopaths can be both callous and charming. Psychopaths do not lack empathy, rather they can switch it on at will, accordin…

Every moment, every conversation, every interaction presents a choice: we can take the path of empathy or the path of judgment.  We can relate to the vulnerability in another with a sense of curiosity and compassion, or, we can relate with cr…