As an empathy researcher, educator and a clinical psychiatrist, I've recently become aware of my own limited empathy as I've attempted to understand vaccine refusal, grappling with my own secret ...

Economic challenges have made it more difficult than ever for businesses to attract and retain customers. Practicing 'brand empathy' can help large enterprises stand out and drive customer loyalty.

Selinger is a professor of philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and Carroll is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Modern medicine has an ...

When we picture “teaching empathy,” it can look like a big talk at the perfect time. Real life is rarely that tidy. Empathy actually grows in five-minute windows all over your day. You are already ...

We’re told empathy is always the answer. Psychology and neuroscience suggest it’s more complicated—and sometimes, more ...

Over half of U.S. adults are using large language models (LLMs)—such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot—in some capacity. Whether ...

These days, someone seeking mental health support can find a variety of online communities to talk through what they’re feeling. In these communities, peers are usually responding, and empathy is key.

We are already witnessing the dangers of this decline in empathy in various aspects of society—whether in politics, economic policies, corporate greed, or the increasing desensitization to human ...

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Thinking about other people's emotions vs. actually feeling them Reviewed by Rachel Goldman, PhD, FTOS Cognitive empathy is about understanding what someone else is feeling. Emotional empathy means ...

Living a long, healthy life is the goal for many people, but a growing body of research has found there's more to it than eating well, exercising regularly, and having good genes. Empathy has ...

Holiday gatherings can come with the invisible stress of potential arguments and conflict. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Tapping into empathy skills can help prepare you to face conflict head-on ...