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 …

Over the years, I have handled these disputes using a combination of different strategies, including “letting them work it out”, “teaching them effective communication skills (ha!)”, “separating them”, “giving …

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…