From the Goldsmiths, University of London press release via MedicalXpress: Research from Goldsmiths, University of London suggests domestic dogs express empathic behaviour when confronted with humans in distress. Dr Deborah Custance and Jennifer Mayer, both…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: When we try to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes, we usually go all the way, assuming that they feel the same way we do. But a…
From the American Psychological Association press release: Men like to know when their wife or girlfriend is happy while women really want the man in their life to know when they are upset, according to…
From the Arizona State University press release by Allie Nicodemo: The human brain evolved to ensure our survival. One example of that survival instinct is our sense of competition – historically, it’s part of what…
From the MIT press release: MIT postdoc Emile Bruneau has long been drawn to conflict — not as a participant, but an observer. In 1994, while doing volunteer work in South Africa, he witnessed firsthand…
From the British Psychological Society press release via AlphaGalileo: Empathy can be taught to children with autism by watching a specially designed cartoon. This is the finding of research discussed in the British Journal of…
From the UC Berkeley press release: Emotional differences between the rich and poor, as depicted in such Charles Dickens classics as “A Christmas Carol” and “A Tale of Two Cities,” may have a scientific basis.…
From the CNR-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche press release via AlphaGalileo: Everybody knows that yawning is contagious. When a person yawns, other people can respond by yawning. What wasn’t known is that“yawn transmission” is more frequent,…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Nostalgia, a sentimental longing for the past, can boost donations and help drum up volunteers, according to a new study in the Journal of…
From the University of Chicago Medical Center press release: The first evidence of empathy-driven helping behavior in rodents has been observed in laboratory rats that repeatedly free companions from a restraint, according to a new…