Stories about animals such as Harambe the gorilla and Cecil the lion often sweep the media as they pull at people's heartstrings. But are people more likely to feel empathy for animals than humans? A ...

Patients with frontotemporal dementia often lack the ability to empathize. A study has now shown that these patients do not show the same brain activity as healthy individuals when they witness the ...

What makes us care about others? Scientists studying empathy have found that people are more likely to choose to empathize with groups rather than individuals, even though they find empathizing ...

When it comes to many of the topics with which psychology concerns itself—stress, health, coping, even longevity—one variable consistently stands out: social support. Today, no one questions the power ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto are studying our capacity for empathy, or our ability to sense and understand someone else's emotions, and are debunking some common misconceptions along the ...

We all want to be emotionally safe, especially at home with the people that we love. Instead of lecturing or fixing, we can listen and understand. Providing advice to someone upset doesn’t usually ...

If we lose sight of why empathy matters, both individual dignity and democracy suffer If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a ...

Recommendations in “Can’t Empathize With the Other Party? Just Fake It” (Perspective, June 22), sound like practicing the skills of empathy to me. When you study counseling psychology or coaching, ...

Are people more likely to feel empathy for animals than humans? New Penn State research found that the answer is complicated, and the findings could have implications for how messaging to the public ...

Patients with frontotemporal dementia often lack the ability to empathize. A study at Karolinska Institutet has now shown that these patients do not show the same brain activity as healthy individuals ...