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Rifkin highlights three aspects of empathy: (1) the activity of mirror neurons, (2) soft-wiring of humans for cooperative and empathic traits, and (3) the expansion of the empathic circle from blood ties to nation-sates to (hopefully) the…
Barack Obama’s decision to support gay marriage was a rare act of empathy in this presidential election. ..the thing Obama does at his best: He listens. My oracle at Facebook tells me that many of us think that is also precisely the thing …
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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…