Researchers at Stanford University have developed a virtual reality avatar that enables humans to empathise with cows destined for the slaughterhouse.
“We were really interested in the theory of empathy,” said Joshua Bostick, a Stanford University researcher. “Could you identify with this cow avatar and how did it make you feel about the environment and maybe things that you could do to make a small little difference.”
this paper investigates the effectiveness of fear- versus empathy-arousing antismoking PSAs and examines the roles of message-induced fear and state empathy in persuasion. … Results from multilevel modeling analyses showed that empathy-arousin…
Though still a mystery, most people yawn reflexively when someone else does. One scientist studying chimps says catching a yawn is related to empathy. It’s a human sentiment Columbia University’s Kevin Ochsner says we’re hard-wired to feel. See it…
Even if it turns out that some yawns can be explained through purely physiological means, yawning is also contagious for humans and other species. If someone watches someone else yawning, they’ll be likely to yawn as well. That means that there i…
In a new study, a group of scientists, including researchers at UC Berkeley, have found that people who tested high for empathy shared the same DNA linked to promoting social interaction and love. The GG genotype is a receptor gene that picks up on oxy…
