There has been growing research interest in what we term empathy-based stress, a process
of traumatic stressor exposure, empathic experience, and adverse reactions among …

In academic and public life empathy is seen as a fundamental force of morality–a
psychological phenomenon, rooted in biology, with profound effects in law, policy, and …

Virtual Reality (VR) has been touted as an effective empathy intervention, with its most
ardent supporters claiming it is “the ultimate empathy machine.” We aimed to determine …

How does online technology affect sociability? Emerging evidence—much of it inconclusive—
suggests a nuanced relationship between use of online technology (the Internet, social …

Empathy is vital to successful teamwork in the hospitality industry, but the effects of empathy
on team members' interpersonal relationships have gone largely overlooked. This study …

Although research has shown the effects of empathy manipulations on prejudice, little is
known about the long-term relation between empathy and prejudice development, the …

The realization that most behavioral science research focuses on cultures labeled as
WEIRD—Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (Arnett, 2008; Henrich et …

In this review, we call for a cross-cultural examination of mentalizing. To this end, we first
outline theoretical directions for understanding mentalizing in the context of the universalism …

Prior research has found that East Asians are less willing than Westerners to seek social
support in times of need. What factors account for this cultural difference? Whereas previous …

Is 50 considered “old”? When do we stop being considered “young”? If individuals could
choose to be any age, what would it be? In a sample of 502,548 internet respondents …