Empathy, and it close relative sympathy, have long been proposed, and have been found in research related to and motivating people to help others. Understanding how another feels, cognitive empathy, ...

Six years ago this week, on May 22, 2017, my home city of Manchester, England, suffered a terrorist attack. A suicide bomber detonated a homemade bomb in the foyer of an arena after an Ariana Grande ...

Counterintuitively, research suggests that moderate narcissism may confer certain adaptive advantages. Some research suggests that individuals with narcissistic traits initially make favorable ...

Neuroscientist Abigail Marsh on extraordinary altruism—people who risk their lives to help strangers—and its opposite: psychopathy, little or no capacity for empathy. When she was 19 years old, a ...

On the Thursday, November 13, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: In honor of World Kindness Day — we’ve partnered with the Humankind team at USA TODAY for a deeper exploration on the topic of ...

Empathy is under attack with claims that it can be toxic and dangerous to society. That’s despite the fact a number of scientific studies have found empathy to be highly beneficial to society and ...

In a world seemingly driven by self-interest and personal gain, one might wonder: Is altruism still alive? Has the essence of selflessness faded away amidst the chaos of modern society? These ...

Clearing restaurant plates isn't just politeness; it reveals empathy, learned responsibility, or a desire for order. Psychologists suggest this automatic gesture reflects how individuals perceive ...