Virtual Reality Can Increase Empathy for the Homeless
New research finds it’s an effective way to step into the shoes of someone less fortunate.
Pacific Standard
Topics: Empathy Technology
Indonesia’s Tsunami and the Problem of Human Empathy
As the death toll keeps rising, the compassion of faraway observers either can’t — or won’t — keep pace.
The Atlantic
Topics: Compassion Emotion Empathy Generosity
Scientists, Philosophers Explain What Makes a Person ‘Good’
And how do you become a good person? Can a bad person truly become a good person?
Topics: Cooperation Empathy Morality
Does Empathy Have a Dark Side?
Having high levels of certain empathic traits, such as affective empathy, might have a dark side by leading to increased distress, but only if people are simultaneously not so skilled in regulating (empathy-induced) emotion.
Character & Context, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Topics: Emotion Empathy
Super Altruists (Who’ve Donated a Kidney to a Stranger) Show Heightened Empathic Brain Activity When Witnessing Strangers in Pain
The findings suggest that — at least for this group of “extraordinary altruists” — empathy for others may be a relevant driving force.
British Psychological Society Research Digest
Topics: Altruism Empathy
Why We Try So Hard to Escape Our Humanity
Empathy is at the core of who we are. That can be painful.
The Big Ideas, The Stone, The New York Times
Should You Sometimes Be Bad for Another’s Good?
Empathizing with others leads not only to help and support but also to cruelty.
Aeon
Topics: Altruism Emotion Empathy Success
Training Compassion ‘Muscle’ May Boost Brain’s Resilience to Others’ Suffering
As little as two weeks of compassion meditation training may reduce the distress a person feels when witnessing another’s suffering.
Frontiers Blog
Topics: Compassion Empathy Meditation
Is Empathy Good or Bad? Alan Alda Speaks with Paul Bloom
Paul Bloom and Alan Alda discuss their views for and against empathy and find out that they have more in common than they thought.
Clear and Vivid
Topics: Compassion Emotion Empathy Morality Paul Bloom Rationality
Does Mindfulness Meditation Really Make You Kinder?
New studies suggest that training in mindfulness may help us show more care and compassion toward others.
Greater Good
There’s Only One Way to Truly Understand Another Person’s Mind
When we imagine the inner lives of others, we don’t necessarily gain real insight into other people’s minds.
Quartz
Topics: Empathy Social Cognition
How Much Empathy Do You Feel When Powerful People Suffer?
What about less powerful people? Your answers likely depend on how egalitarian you are.
Kellogg Insight
Topics: Empathy Power Social Inequality
Meditation May Not Make You a Better Person After All
A critical look at the research suggests its benefits are less than advertised.
Topics: Compassion Empathy Meditation Violence
The Limits of Empathy
Can attempts to foster empathy through simulation hurt more than they can help?
Topic
How Fear Makes You Do Good or Evil
An ancient part of your brain determines your response.
National Geographic
Topics: Altruism Compassion Empathy
We Have Friends on Facebook and Everywhere Else, But Are They the Kind We Need?
We may not post about the rough times when we need friends the most. Empathy helps.
The Washington Post
Topics: Empathy Social Networks
Why Are Humans Violent?
From fights over a parking space, to marauding bands of outlaws, to global conflicts, we seem to be a violent species. What lies behind these episodes of violence?
SAPIENS
Topics: Compassion Cooperation Empathy
Five Ways Music Can Make You a Better Person
Can listening to music change your behavior for the better?
Topics: Bonding Cooperation Empathy Generosity Happiness
Can Empathy Be Learned? Science Offers Some Clues
Researchers say empathy is not only a biological instinct, but also a skill human beings can learn and improve upon.
Religion News Service
Building Empathy: How to Hack Empathy and Get Others to Care More
In a fractured world, can we hack our own sense of empathy and get others to become more empathic?
TEDxMarin
Topics: Empathy
What Drives Some People To Take Personal Risks To Help Strangers?
Acts of altruism — like saving swimmers caught in a riptide from drowning or donating a kidney to a stranger — are among the thorniest puzzles of human nature, says Abigail Marsh.
13.7: Cosmos & Culture, NPR
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