Several disciplines have investigated the interconnected empathic abilities behind the
proverb “to walk a mile in someone else's shoes” to determine how the presence, and …

Understanding information processing in the brain—and creating general-purpose artificial
intelligence—are long-standing aspirations of scientists and engineers worldwide. The …

Winner of the William James Book Award “Magisterial... Makes an impressive argument that
most distinctly human traits are established early in childhood and that the general …

Compassion focused therapy (CFT) is rooted in an evolutionary, functional analysis of basic
social motivational systems (eg, to live in groups, form hierarchies and ranks, seek out …

Cooperation is central to human societies. Yet relatively little is known about the cognitive
underpinnings of cooperative decision making. Does cooperation require deliberate self …

In this article, we examine methods that participants use to resolve troubles in the realization
of practical courses of action. The concept of recruitment is developed to encompass the …

Morality is a central aspect of social life and has been at the core of psychological theories
for more than a century. The scientific study of morality poses enduring questions about how …

The topic of typical sex and gender difference in empathy is examined in both a
developmental and neuroscientific perspective. Empathy is construed as a multi‐layered …

Highlights•The human brain assumes proximity to social resources.•Social relationships are
construed as bioenergetic resources available to the self.•Relational partners are …

Research into the beneficial effect of developing compassion has advanced enormously in
the last ten years, with the development of inner compassion being an important therapeutic …