One big question in clinical settings is whether or not you can teach empathy for greater patient compliance and success. The answer is ‘yes’. And the Empathy Matrix provides you with 3 steps to put empathy into practice now.build better trust, even wi…

Empathy—putting oneself in another’s shoes—has been described as the “social glue” that holds society together. This study investigates how exposure to sexist video games can decrease empathy for female violence victims. &…

Letter in response to Paul Bloom’s Critic at Large (May 20, 2013). Paul Bloom, in his article on the irrational consequences of empathy, suggests that empathy is devoid of reason (“The Baby in the Well,” May 20th). Neuroscientif…

We can learn to empathize with strangers. Surprisingly positive experiences with people from another group trigger a learning effect in the brain, which increases empathy. As researchers from the University of Zurich reveal, only a handful of positive …