This article originally appeared on Start Empathy. We’ve all read books and watched films that have transported us and changed us, that have catapulted our imaginations into lives vastly different ...

Through creative blocking, farcical acting, pseudo-melodramatic musical accompaniment and an impressively-built full-functioning lion puppet, “Library Lion” has taught its young audience the ...

Is empathy a limited resource, easily depleted and restricted to those closest to us? That’s the argument psychologist Paul Bloom makes in an essay for this week’s New Yorker, subtitled “The case ...

MIFFLINBURG — Herr Memorial Library played host to its first Human Library event last week. The program was designed to create a positive, constructive conversation among participants to combat ...

Empathy is the ability to recognize and understand what another person, animal, or even a fictional character is thinking or feeling. It is an attempt to identify with someone else's situation, ...

In the midst of a grim summer of terrorist attacks, political strife and racial tension, it can be difficult to stay focused on the positive. But folks at the Denver Public Library, which has been at ...

In recent years, lay and medical publications have extolled the positive effects of empathy on our health and happiness. Research has linked empathy to outcomes ranging from higher life satisfaction ...