Researchers have discovered how specific brain circuits process empathy, showing that witnessing others in pain activates the ...

Empathy—the ability to share and understand the emotions of others—is a cornerstone of human social interactions. When we ...

A study using brain imaging in mice reveals that the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) encodes empathic responses to others' ...

A new study suggests that people who are good at seeing things from others' perspectives are more likely to be creative in ...

Empathy is not an unchallenged good, however. Over the past few years there has been a growing movement opposing the ...

That was empathy at work. When you can genuinely understand the other person's position—not just their words but their actual ...

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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology have identified specific neuronal cells that are essential to our understanding of other people.