The most meaningful connections between people are often formed through expression of
shared vulnerability and emotional experiences. Despite the number of ways in which we …

Modeling empathy is a complex endeavor that is rooted in interpersonal and experiential
dimensions of human interaction, and remains an open problem within AI. Existing empathy …

Empathy serves as a cornerstone in enabling prosocial behaviors, and can be evoked
through sharing of personal experiences in stories. While empathy is influenced by narrative …

Similar Narrative Retrieval is a crucial task since narratives are essential for explaining and
understanding events, and multiple related narratives often help to create a holistic view of …

Empathy requires perspective-taking: empathetic responses require a person to reason
about what another has experienced and communicate that understanding in language …

We present a novel approach to modeling fictional narratives. The proposed model creates
embeddings that represent a story such that similar narratives, that is, reformulations of the …

Empathy is critical to successful mental health support. Empathy measurement has
predominantly occurred in synchronous, face-to-face settings, and may not translate to …

Every day people share personal stories online, reaching millions of users around the world
through blogs, social media and news websites. Why are some of these storiesmore …

Empathy is a cognitive and emotional reaction to an observed situation of others. Empathy
has recently attracted interest because it has numerous applications in psychology and AI …

Sharing personal narratives is a fundamental aspect of human social behavior as it helps
share our life experiences. We can tell stories and rely on our background to understand …