"If fear is so important as an emotion, then empathy must be important as well."
Read moreDid Heineken really do what Pepsi couldn't?
It's great to get people talking, but it doesn't always make sense to pretend like we're all starting from the same place.
Read moreOn Empathy & Stress
Newer findings revealed that humans show an increase in prosocial behavior under stress.
Read moreThe perils of positivity
How does empathy impact our personal mental state? And can we have too much of a good thing when it comes to empathy?
Read moreUpdate on me; recs for you
Whew, February was quite a month. It felt like time to do a bit of an update, so here I am.
Read moreA Conversation with Sue Schardt
"My belief is that we must begin with our hearts."
Read moreThe difference between love and empathy
Today seems like the perfect day to ask: What's the difference between love and empathy?
Read moreEmpathy's role in media and entertainment
The more time you spend getting into the heads of people who aren't like you, the thinking goes, the more you might understand their experiences, or understand what you don't understand about them.
Read moreEmpathy for the hysterics
Is it ever legitimate to get a little "hysterical?"
Read moreA Conversation with Jane McGonigal
The reality is that there will be a lot of data about our emotions in the future. We kind of want to build that out to ask, once we have this data, will we keep it private?
Read moreOn empathy in language
Do we tend to devalue the speech that confers empathy?
Read moreEmpathy in the ER
When you go to the emergency room, you're probably thinking more about relief than empathy. I know I was.
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