Dementia: This is how it affects the brain’s capacity for empathy
People with frontotemporal dementia do not show the same brain activity as adults with good brain health when witnessing the ...
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Why can alcohol make you aggressive?
According to a study, alcohol consumption reduces sensitivity to pain. This can decrease empathy towards others and make you aggressive. ...
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Cinema: films can make us more empathetic
A study shows that watching a dramatic film makes you much more empathetic towards stigmatized people and concerned about societal ...
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Parental arguments have a greater impact on the health of empathetic children
Empathetic children are more likely to show signs of poorer health when there is a lot of conflict between parents. ...
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What are the alternatives to emotional blackmail for resolving conflicts?
Rather than resorting to emotional blackmail, establishing clear routines and showing empathy can be much more effective. THE ESSENTIAL Although ...
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Pain: infections influence our social empathy
When people are ill, they feel less empathy for the psychological pain of others than when they are healthy. THE ...
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Empathy can be transmitted socially
It is possible to acquire or lose this ability to put oneself in another's place by observing one's environment. THE ...
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Cannabis: does its consumption improve empathy?
People who use cannabis regularly tend to be better at understanding other people's emotions. THE ESSENTIAL The anterior cingulum is ...
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School bullying: “Empathy cannot be taught with a one-hour theoretical course”
On the occasion of the national day against school bullying, the founder of the Educ'At association, Marie-Pierre Lescure, explains to ...
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Having a strong bond with your young child develops empathy
Children who have a strong relationship with their parents at age 3 show more empathy and kindness as teenagers, according ...
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Why are empathy and anxiety often linked?
Empathy and anxiety are often inseparable. THE ESSENTIAL Empathy can lead to sharing the emotional problems of others. Conversely, anxious ...
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Alcohol: sharing the emotions of others would lead to drinking
An American study revealed a surprising correlation between emotional empathy and alcohol consumption: it would tend to make you drink ...
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Couple: how to avoid the temptation to be unfaithful according to science
To avoid being unfaithful to your partner and endangering your life as a couple, you should develop your empathy. THE ...
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Women are more empathetic than men, according to this test
Women are, on average, better than men at putting themselves in other people's shoes and imagining what other people are ...
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Couple: how to make relationships more resistant to deception?
Showing empathy and adopting the point of view of your partner would strengthen the bond and avoid infidelity in the ...
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How to deal with the pride of your spouse?
Pride prevents you from having empathy and putting yourself in the other person's shoes, making everything perceived as a personal ...
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Empathy: how does the brain experience the pain of others?
A new study reveals how certain neurons are "wired" to perceive the pain experience of others, and could be the ...
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People with low ecological sensitivity are less empathetic and emotional than others
People who react less emotionally to images of environmental damage are also less emotional and empathetic in general, according to ...
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Greater empathy among teens helps fight cyberbullying
American scientists have explored the link, in young people, between cyberbullying and empathy, this ability to feel the emotions of ...
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If music provokes emotions in us, it is thanks to our empathy
Researchers suggest that our ability to understand the emotions of others could also influence our ability to feel those transmitted ...
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Teaching a child empathy improves their relationship with their mother
Helping children feel another person's emotions and put themselves in their shoes has a positive impact on their relationship with ...
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Oxytocin, the hormone that promotes empathy
© iStockPhotosIt is called "the hormone of love", and if some lack it, it is not necessarily that they are ...
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Tolcapone: a molecule to improve empathy
© ThinkstockHis nickname is Tolcapone. This molecule, developed by researchers at the University of California (USA), directly alters the neurochemical ...
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Psychopaths do not feel a sense of empathy
© iStockResearchers wanted to understand why people had this character trait and developed this lack of empathy. They went to ...
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Mental disorders: it would be possible to measure empathy in a resting brain
While it is very difficult to measure empathy in patients suffering from autism or schizophrenia, researchers have discovered that it ...
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Mental health: the key is… kindness!
US researchers have found that teaching and practicing kindness at home improves both parent resilience and children's empathy. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Is the brain of altruists different?
Being too altruistic might have an explanation in our brain.The amygdala, a small structure in the center of our brain, ...
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Here’s why your kids should play with dolls
Playing with dolls allows children to have fun but also to develop their social skills, according to a British study. ...
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What part of our brain manages our level of empathy?
The inferior parietal lobe manages different functions including the ability to concentrate, language processing and social interaction, making it a ...
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Why do we need others?
We often hear that "Man is a social animal", but do we really need others? If philosophers have long wondered ...
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