According to astrology and behavior experts, certain birth months are more likely to shape people with hearts of gold, who continue to spread light even in the face of life’s adversities.

Words can detract from the poignancy of the moment, diluting the raw emotions that need acknowledgment. When you constantly ...

New research shows that empathy among American youth has been increasing in recent years. Here's how you can determine and grow your own empathy, according to experts.

After studying and noting a decline in empathy in young people between 1979 and 2009, Konrath, director of the Interdisciplinary Program on Empathy and Altruism Research at the Indiana University ...

Needless to say, pity, sympathy, empathy, compassion, and altruism often blur and overlap. The Empathy Paradox My friend tearfully confides that, as a child, she was sexually abused by her father.

And empathy gives rise to altruism. As the “altruism-empathy” hypothesis developed by Daniel Batson 6 suggests, altruism may sometimes have selfish motives or bring some beneficial after-effects.

Altruism and empathy As I discuss in my new book, DisConnnected, there is an argument that the human capacity for intense empathy means that we are not separate entities.

Although, like psychopaths, narcissists are generally devoid of empathy, psychological studies show that they do indeed engage in prosocial or benevolent acts, though not as frequently as they report.

Sara Konrath is an assistant professor at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. She is also the director of the Interdisciplinary Program on Empathy and Altruism ...