Marcie Sillman talks to Dr. Tal-Chen Rabinowitch from the University of Washington’s Institute For Learning and Brain Science about her new research on how synchronicity creates feelings of empathy and familiarity between strangers….

They go on to explain, “Knowing what someone else is feeling plays a fundamental role in interpersonal interactions.”Although there was not a consensus on whether or not empathy could be taught, the benefits of exposing students to the idea…

Empathy. This one word seems to cause more of a stir in today’s organizations than any other. Many business leaders say we need more of it, others argue it’s overrated. This one word is searched more than 165,000 times each month on Google …

Former FBI profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole says violent video games can affect young people who are already contemplating a violent act…. Violent video games,”erode away at their sense of empathy, at their sense of compassion . It really  turns…