In November 2010, Capital University launched a unique social experiment to find out if empathy can be taught.
It was such a success that Capital has brought the concept back for a second year with a new issue: nutrition in America.
Through a range of experiences, students who were selected for the experiment will be challenged to deepen their understanding of the issue and walk a mile in someone else’s shoes for the next several months.
By Encarnacion Pyle
How Theater can teach children to learn empathy Perhaps a little empathy training, presented within a fun scenario on a stage, could truly help children learn more desirable behaviors. As parents, we’re often on a mission to correct our chi…
Participants, volunteers, and spectators took to the streets of downtown Modesto during the Haven Women’s Center’s first “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” held Saturday. The event was designed to create empathy and awareness of the paths women walk every day….
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…In the new study, Mogil and …
Peter Goldie’s objection to empathy is not with the whole of empathy but rather the higher-order definition of “empathetic perspective-shifting”, wherein a person imagines being another person (as opposed to imagining their …
