The Technology of Kindness
How social media can rebuild our empathy — and why it must.
Scientific American
Topics: Empathy Technology
A Lesson From FaceApp: Learning to Relate to the Older Person We Will Become
Learning to think about your life in the distant future could help strengthen the long-term decisions you make.
Los Angeles Times
Topics: Decision-Making Empathy
When It Comes to Moral Decisions, Testosterone Doesn’t Seem to Do Much
The researchers admit that every one of their hypotheses was wrong.
Ars Technica
Topics: Decision-Making Empathy Ethics Morality
Researchers Study the Minds of People Who Donate Organs to Complete Strangers
The psychology behind those who give their organs to ones they don’t know.
CBS News
Topics: Altruism Empathy
How Your Brain Invents Morality
Neurophilosopher Patricia Churchland explains her theory of how we evolved a conscience.
Vox
Topics: Animal Studies Empathy Ethics Genes Morality Neurons Reductionism
Being Empathic Doesn’t Make You a Pushover
A new study finds that more prosocial people are less aggressive in competition — but they tend to win out in the long run.
Greater Good Magazine
Topics: Cooperation Decision-Making Empathy
Random Lessons of Kindness — How We Can Learn to Care
A Stanford professor who taught a class on “Becoming Kinder” notes that people are becoming less and less empathetic. The good news is that kindness can be taught; it’s not necessarily an innate trait.
San Francisco Chronicle
Topics: Empathy Jamil Zaki
The Dancing Species: How Moving Together in Time Helped Make Us Human
Dancing is a human universal, but why?
Aeon
Topics: Empathy Human Evolution Ritual
What Makes Us Better
Two books explore whether morality is innate or learned.
The American Scholar
Topics: Empathy Jamil Zaki Morality
In a Divided World, We Need to Choose Empathy
It’s gotten harder to empathize; that’s why it’s so important we work at it. Luckily, we can.
Topics: Emotion Empathy Jamil Zaki
Can We Revive Empathy in Our Selfish World?
An experiment shows how to rebuild human compassion.
Nautilus
Seeing Friends Disappointed Bums Us Out. The Same Might Be True for Ravens
These crafty birds might be capable of interpreting and internalizing the emotions of others.
NOVA
Topics: Animal Studies Emotion Empathy
How the Brain Shapes Pain and Links Ouch With Emotion
Pain is more than an unpleasant sensation. When pain signals reach the brain, they interact with areas involved in thinking, memory, and emotion.
Shots, NPR
Why Is Hollywood So Liberal?
New research provides one possible answer: Highly creative people have a stronger ability to see things from other people’s perspectives.
Pacific Standard
Topics: Creativity Empathy Imagination
The Evolution and Cultivation of Compassion for the Dark Side
An interview with British clinical psychologist Paul Gilbert, founder of compassion focused therapy.
Beautiful Minds, Scientific American
Topics: Compassion Empathy Social Behavior
The Anatomy of Empathy
Joel Salinas can literally feel his patients’ pain. But as scientists are learning, there’s more to empathy than just mirroring someone else.
VICE
Topics: Altruism Emotion Empathy
Does Taking Time for Compassion Make Doctors Better at Their Jobs?
In their new book Compassionomics, two doctors review the field of compassion research. Their finding? When physicians take time to connect and express care, both patients and doctors benefit.
Topics: Compassion Empathy
The Case for Empathy
In a world of difference we can — and should — work harder to cultivate subtle, perceptive empathy toward all human beings.
Topics: Bias Compassion Emotion Empathy Tribalism
Empathy Is Too Much Work for Many of Us
New research finds that people avoid connecting emotionally with others out of a fear that it will be too draining.
Topics: Emotion Empathy
How and Why Did Religion Evolve?
Can the roots of spiritual behaviors and feelings be found in other animals?
BBC Future
Topics: Animal Studies Bonding Emotion Empathy Evolution of Religion Ritual Scientific Study of Religion
Is Tylenol Dulling Our Capacity for Empathy?
New research finds that acetaminophen makes us more indifferent to others’ pleasure, as well as their pain.
Topics: Cooperation Emotion Empathy
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