Stories about animals such as Harambe the gorilla and Cecil the lion often sweep the media as they pull at people's heartstrings. But are people more likely to feel empathy for animals than humans? A ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto are studying our capacity for empathy, or our ability to sense and understand someone else's emotions, and are debunking some common misconceptions along the ...

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Source: Juliet, Oil on Canvas, Copyright Candace Charlton, 2015, used with permission In our previous post, "The Light and Dark Side of Empathy," we wrote about how ...

Are people more likely to feel empathy for animals than humans? New Penn State research found that the answer is complicated, and the findings could have implications for how messaging to the public ...

What makes us care about others? Scientists studying empathy have found that people are more likely to choose to empathize with groups rather than individuals, even though they find empathizing ...