In his lecture, Dr. Brian Goldman focuses on the way health professionals often treat patients with dementia as an example of how we could improve.He gives some of the reasons why we have seemingly lost the capacity for empathy and demonstrates, using …

As teachers, we strive to push each of our students to his/her full potential. We have the responsibility to educate each student academically, emotionally, and socially. In my classroom, the single most important thing I can teach my students is empat…

Certain behaviors — like laughing and yawning — can be easier to catch than the cold that’s going around your office, according to psychologists. “Behavioral contagion” is a well-documented phenomenon in psychology. O…

Empathy supposes a fusion between self and other, between subject and object. In massage therapy and other healing professions, you also need to be able to withdraw from that connection and move on to another client.   Empathy can be a helpful dim…