It's long been known that autism is far more prevalent in males than in females. What hasn't been understood is why.
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Even when feeling empathy for others isn't financially costly or emotionally draining, people will still avoid it because they think empathy requires too much mental effort, according to new research published by the American ...
Apr 22, 2019
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Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have found that the rat brain activates the same cells when they observe the pain of others as when they experience pain themselves. In addition, without the activity ...
Apr 11, 2019
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It's a big part of what makes us human: we cooperate. But humans aren't saints. Most of us are more likely to help someone we consider good than someone we consider a jerk.
Apr 9, 2019
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A space-exploring robot crashes on a distant planet. In order to gather the pieces of its damaged spaceship, it needs to build emotional rapport with the local alien inhabitants. The aliens speak a different language but ...
Aug 8, 2018
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People with higher empathy differ from others in the way their brains process music, according to a study by researchers at Southern Methodist University, Dallas and UCLA.
Jun 12, 2018
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A new study published today suggests that how empathic we are is not just a result of our upbringing and experience but also partly a result of our genes.
Mar 12, 2018
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When others suffer, we humans empathize. Our feelings of empathy take different forms, such as distress when we imagine and internalize someone's pain and compassion as we sympathize with their condition. These different ...
Jun 8, 2017
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When it comes to empathy, the idiom that suggests "walking a mile in their shoes" turns out to be problematic advice, according to new research published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.
May 11, 2017
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A little empathy can go a long way toward ending infectious disease outbreaks.
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