Featuring:Helen Riess, MD, Director, Empathy and Relational Science Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General HospitalStacie Pallotta, MPH, Senior Director, Office of Patient Experience, Cleveland ClinicMartha Hayward,&nbs…

Empathy is one of the hardest things to teach a child with Asperger’s.  They may come off as mean and cold-hearted to someone who does not know that they have Asperger’s.  The lack of empathy makes it very hard for your child to build and mai…

Doyin Richards previously wrote an article on boys need to better develop the skill of empathy (see below). This is key for them in the future as husband and fathers, but is often not done because it does not align with social norms, which after you re…

Social–psychological research has suggested that being imitated changes the way that we experience others: We like someone who imitates us more, and the interaction with this person runs more smoothly. Whether being imitated also affects basic so…