How can you conquer your inner Scrooge and get into the proper holiday spirit?New research provides an unexpected answer: Run your fingers over a coarse surface.
A trio of researchers from the United States, Canada, and China report that the sensation of physical roughness makes us, at least temporarily, more empathetic toward those in need.
The ability to express empathy — the capacity to share and feel another’s emotions — is limited by the stress of being around strangers, according to a new study published today in the journal Current Biology.“President Barack Obama has d…
Talk of empathy is everywhere: in science, the humanities, business and politics. Yet do we, as academics, think enough about how it applies to us in our academic and intellectual lives? This paper introduces the concept of Academic Empathy in or…
The Global Lives Project is a video library of life experience, designed to cultivate empathy across cultures.We curate an ever-expanding collection of films that faithfully capture 24 continuous hours in the lives of individuals from around the world….
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Physicians build much less of an emotional rapport with overweight and obese patients than with patients of normal weight, a study suggests. The study was small—involving 39 primary care doctors and 208 patien…
