All Articles Tagged As: empathy
People from East Asia tend to have a tougher time than those from European countries telling the difference between a face that looks fearful versus surprised, disgusted versus angry, and now a new report published online on Aug. 13 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, explains why. Rather than scanning evenly across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fixate their attention on the eyes.
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 | More empathy and political identification with native speakers of a language makes the accent in that language lighter ...> Full Article |
 | New research from Vanderbilt University indicates the way our brain handles how we move through space -- including being able to imagine literally stepping into someone else's shoes -- may be related to how and why we experience empathy toward others. ...> Full Article |
Violent video games and movies make people numb to the pain and suffering of others, according to a research report published in the March 2009 issue of Psychological Science.
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While reading a novel, why do we imagine scenes differently -- when do we view the action from an outsider's perspective and when do we place ourselves in the main character's shoes? The results of a new study, reported in Psychological Science, indicate that we use different perspectives, depending on which pronouns are used.
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When a group is without a leader, you can often count on a narcissist to take charge, a new study suggests.
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Visual system of the brain processes another person’s face more efficiently when the person’s gaze is straight ahead than when the gaze is averted.
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An academic is to delve into a series of embarrassing situations in an attempt to discover who makes us blush.
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 | Research using fMRI scans shows tendencies toward kindness ...> Full Article |
When someone likes something, they assume others will like it as well.
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 | New clues have been uncovered about a mystifying, hidden dementia that robs its victims of empathy and social skills, and leads to an early death. ...> Full Article |
Brain's Amygdala Region Less Responsive to Other People's Distress Signals
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 | Humans are social animals even more than was thought, including those suffering from autism and conditions that make it hard to relate to others. Cooperative behaviour is deeply ingrained in nearly all people, but the underlying cognitive processes that make this happen are poorly understood. The cognitive scientist Natalie Sebanz has won a European Young Investigator Awards (EURYI) Award from the European Science Foundation (ESF) to identify the underlying mechanisms and neurological structures underpinning the great human ability to cooperate and participate jointly in tasks that require close coordination with others. ...> Full Article |
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