Empathy is considered a virtue, yet it fails in many situations, leading to a basic question:
When given a choice, do people avoid empathy? And if so, why? Whereas past work has …

Empathy often feels automatic, but variations in empathic responding suggest that, at least
some of the time, empathy is affected by one's motivation to empathize in any particular …

Empathy is often thought to occur automatically. Yet, empathy frequently breaks down when
it is difficult or distressing to relate to people in need, suggesting that empathy is often not felt …

Often people fail to respond to those in need. Why? In addition to cognitive and perceptual
processes such as oversight and diffusion of responsibility, a motivational process may lead …

Empathy-the capacity to understand and resonate with the experiences of other people-is
considered an essential aspect of social cognition. However, although empathy is often …

Empathy has long been considered central to living a moral life. However, mounting
evidence has shown that people's empathy is often biased toward (ie, felt more strongly for) …

A key question in research on empathy is what interpersonal motivations might be activated
by empathy. Does empathy promote only a concern with other's outcomes (" altruism"), as …

Empathy has received much attention in psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience. In this
article, I first discuss a motivated emotion regulation approach to empathy, outlining some …

People tend to think that happiness is good and stress is bad, but neither of these
propositions is always true. Bloom [1] counters another emotional stereotype: that empathy …

Empathy is an integral part of socioemotional well-being, but recent research has
highlighted some of its downsides. Here we examine literature that establishes when, how …