New research from neuroscientists at Stanford University suggests that a child’s empathy can be linked to her or his math skills. When young children — aged 7 to 12 — ranked higher on a questionnaire that evaluated their empathetic di…

A provocative new paper suggests people can take advantage of the brain’s neuroplasticity totrain it to be more empathetic, appreciative and compassionate.   Practices like physical exercise, certain forms of psychological counseling and med…

By Susan ScuttiThe social stress we feel when we are with strangers limits our ability to express empathy.Empathy — the capacity to share and feel another’s emotions — is known to be mostly absent in people with an Autism Spectru…

Narcissists can feel empathy for another person’s suffering; the reason for their self-obsessed and anti-social behavior may not be an inability to feel.The Greeks seemed to understand human nature better than any other culture before or since. Ta…