Empathy in the workplace
Editor’s note: This research from the Center for Creative Leadership shows that empathy is positively related to job performance.
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If you give people virtual superpowers, will they use those abilities for good or evil?
Editor’s note: Can computer games make us more empathetic? This research suggests they can. Thanks to @canhoto for sharing.
The neurochemistry of empathy, storytelling, and the dramatic arc
Editor’s note: Put together the classic ‘dramatic arc’ outlined by the German playwright Gustav Freytag 150 years ago with neurochemicals like cortisol and oxytocin and you have a truly engaging story.
Empathy represses analytic thought, and vice versa: Brain physiology limits simultaneous use of both networks
Editor’s notes: Research shows for the first time that we have a built-in neural constraint on our ability to be both empathetic and analytic at the same time. Implications on learning styles?