Associate Professor, School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences, University of New England This article is part of our series on understanding others’ feelings. In it we examine empathy, ...

One Laramie teacher-turned-author is using her platform to teach empathy to children and adults. Crystal Ballard said empathy can be the greatest tool offered to anyone, and that after working in ...

Experiencing traumatic events as a child is predictive of higher levels of depression in adulthood, and also predicts higher levels of aggression, violence, personality disorders, as well as several ...

Seventy-six years ago on this day, my father landed on the beaches of Normandy. I grew up hearing his stories about D-day +3, the third day after the initial invasion. He was part of the anti-aircraft ...

Looking for someone to feel your pain? Talk to a woman in her 50s. According to a new study of more than 75,000 adults, women in that age group are more empathic than men of the same age and than ...

What secrets can U.S. educators glean from classrooms in the happiest country in the world? After talking to teachers in Denmark, authors Jessica Alexander and Iben Sandahl discovered a surprising ...