Psychopathy has long been associated with murderers, notorious criminals, and the griping true crime stories that dominate ...

We must also act with compassion, doing what needs to be done by working to ensure people’s legitimate needs are met.

Perhaps you heard the news: Empathy needs to go, it’s uncool. Being empathetic is dangerous and is ruining our world. At ...

Psychopathy has long been associated with murderers, notorious criminals, and the gripping true crime stories that dominate ...

In my work with the defendants [at Nuremberg], I was searching for the nature of evil and I now think I have come close to ...

Empathy is toxic. Empathy will align you with ... quoting people aligning themselves on the extreme ends of the political spectrum, arguing over which side is more misguided.

Like other terms such as “freedom” or “love,” “empathy” is generally something of a “hurrah” word; people agree that, whatever it is, it is a very good thing. Recent decades have ...

Understanding how the brain encodes empathy could have major implications for mental health research. Conditions such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), antisocial personality disorder, PTSD, and ...

It’s often said that too much humility is pride. In a similar vein, too much empathy could be vanity. We all understand the importance of empathy in professional spheres, but could there be a ...

Empathy—the ability to share and understand the emotions of others—is a cornerstone of human social interactions. When we witness someone in pain, we often experience a mirrored emotional response, a ...

Conclusions: The lowered cognitive empathy and intact affective empathy profile found in AN is similar to that found in other psychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions, such as autism spectrum ...