Yawning when you see someone else yawn is thought to signal empathy. About half of all people do it contagiously. Now researchers have confirmed what many pet owners have long suspected: Dogs, too, are contagious yawners.In a series of experiments carr…

 I’m diverting a bit away from my Music Heals columns, which focus on music as a therapeutic tool, and instead looking at how music can encourage empathy.Now more than ever – with so much talk about building walls that not on…

When attention flows along power lines, empathy also takes a hit. When strangers told each other about divorces or other painful moments in their lives, there was more empathy expressed by the less powerful person. Another measure of empathy – th…

Empathy isn’t just taking another perspective. Con men can do that. In order to be empathetic, children need to know how to value, respect and understand another person’s points of view, even when they don’t agree.In the wake of these…