People who show less compassion and emotion toward images of environmental disasters are generally less empathetic and emotional overall.
Fathers who have more positive attitudes about their parenting abilities, and fatherhood in general, show differences in their brains to those who don't, researchers report.
People may actively decide to withhold feeling compassion for others when they believe it is more challenging or requires mental effort.
Your musical preference may reveal a lot about your personality traits and political orientation, and vice versa.
A new study reveals compassion meditation training may reduce distress when witnessing the suffering of others and improve the ability to respond with compassion.
Compassion and helping care for their injured may have been key to Neanderthal survival, researchers report.
According to a new study, altering the levels of dopamine in the prefrontal cortex makes individuals more compassionate towards others.
Using neuroimaging technology, researchers note increased activity in areas of the brain associated with empathy in subjects who underwent compassion training.
