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Scientists studied the brains of more than 800 prisoners
University of Chicago News
July 23, 2019
Le cerveau des meurtriers sous la loupe des neurosciences
Le Monde
July 17, 2019
Les neurosciences à la conquête des tribunaux
Le Temps
February 8, 2019
Study challenges perception that empathy erodes during medical school
University of Chicago News
September 7, 2017
Far from bolstering generosity: a religious upbringing diminishes it
The Economist
November 7, 2015
Religion makes children more selfish
Forbes
November 5, 2015
Brain waves predict which kids will share
Futurity
December 19, 2014
The superhero tendency
The Daily Mail (United Kingdom)
April 10, 2014
Psychopaths might have an impaired empathy circuit
Mind & Brain – Scientific American
January 13, 2014
New frontiers in social neuroscience
The Wall Street Journal
April 23, 2013
L’altruisme éclairé par un séisme
Le Monde
February 13, 2013
How disasters and trauma can affect children’s empathy
Time Magazine
January 22, 2013
Research shows the brain quickly determines intent of harmful actions
Chicago Tribune
January 16, 2013
Unshakable humanity: Altruism and disaster
The Huffington Post
January 15, 2013
Understanding psychopathic and sadistic minds
Time Magazine
May 14, 2012
Empathy – the South African way
University of Cape Town News
March 12, 2012
Rats show empathy and free their trapped companions
Time Magazine
Dec 8, 2011
A new model of empathy: the rat
Washington Post
Dec 8, 2011
Prison research to examine neural circuitry of criminal psychopaths
News Medical
Aug 2, 2011
Moral responses change as people age
National Science Foundation
Jun 2, 2011
New Society for Social Neuroscience to help guide emerging field
UChicago News
Dec 9, 2010
What would you do if your cruise ship stopped in Haiti?
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Jan 23, 2010
Les médecins endurcis à la douleur
Le Figaro
Feb 3, 2010
Primer diálogo sobre el cerebro
La Nation, Buenos Aires
Nov 4, 2009
Sadism in the brain
Dana Foundation
Feb 19, 2009
Loneliness as bad for health as smoking and obesity
The Med Guru
Feb 17, 2009
Mobbare njuter när andra lider
Dalarnas Tidningar (Sweden)
Feb 20, 2009
Bullies may enjoy seeing others in pain
National Geographic
Nov 7, 2008
Brain Scans Show Bullies Enjoy Others’ Pain
Washington Post
Nov 7, 2008
Bullying tendency wired in brain
BBC News
Nov 7, 2008
Empathy comes naturally to children: study
Reuters
Jul 11, 2008
Kids feel your (especially intentionally) inflicted pain
USA Today
Jul 11, 2008
You remind me of me
New York Times
Feb 12, 2008
Doctors’ brains curb response to patients’ pain
American Medical News
Nov 5, 2007
Doctors regulate their pain responses to better treat patients
The University of Chicago News Office
Sep 27, 2007
How your brain allows you to walk in another’s shoes
Wall Street Journal
Aug 17, 2007
A neurological basis for psychiatric delusions
The Tripe Helix
Nov 1, 2006
Faculty members honored with professorships, new scholars welcomed
Science News Online
Jan 19, 2006
Who we are
Embo Reports
Jun 10, 2005
Search for sympathy uncovers patterns of brain activity
Innovations Report
Mar 12, 2002
The University of the Free State
South Africa, starts lecture series on reconcilliation and empathy.
Feb 28, 2012
L’altruismo non è solo umano
Corriere Della Sera
Dec 11, 2011
Rats feel each other’s pain
Science Now
Dec 8, 2011
Becoming compassionately numb
The New York Times
Oct 1, 2011
Why doctors should be more empathetic-but not too much more
Scientific American
Apr 26, 2011
The animal-cruelty syndrome
The New York Times
Jun 7, 2010
Docs don’t feel your pain much – and that’s best
World Science
Jan 20, 2010
Comportamiento / Las raíces de la empatía y la moral
La Nation, Buenos Aires
Nov 8, 2009
Aimer voir souffrir
Sciences Humaines
Mar 1, 2009
Researchers shed new light on connection between brain and loneliness
University of Chicago News Office
Feb 15, 2009
Loneliness affects how the brain operates
Science Daily
Feb 17, 2009
Le cerveau social
Sciences Humaines
Nov 2009
Bullies’ brain light up with pleasure as people squirm
National Science Foundation
Nov 7, 2008
Bullies may get kick out of seeing others in pain
Reuters
Nov 7, 2008
Bullies may enjoy seeing others in pain: Brain scans show disruption in natural empathetic response
University of Chicago News Office
Jul 11, 2008
Children hardwired for empathy, say brain researchers
CBC News, Canada
Jul 11, 2008
Children are naturally prone to be empathic and moral
Physorg
Jul 11, 2008
Sorry, but I can’t help you
Newsweek
Nov 3, 2007
Physicians Learn to Suppress Empathy Reaction, Study Shows
Washington Post
Oct 1, 2007
Doctors suppress response to patients’ pain, brain scans reveal
Times London
Sep 27, 2007
Human hard-wired for morality?
Washington Post
May 29, 2007
The mentalizing network and its role in recognizing envy and gloating
Medscape Today
Jun 6, 2007
Self-serve brains.
The University of Chicago Chronicle
Feb 11, 2006
PET Uncovers Patterns in Emotional Brain Activity
SNM Advancing molecular imaging abd therapy
Dec 2, 2005
Study examines neural correlates of sympathy, by E. Benson. APA Monitor on Psychology
American Psychological Association
March 2003
Sympathetic view
The Weekend Australian, Sydney, Australia
Dec 7, 2002
Brain function linked to sympathy
Health-news.co.uk, London, England
Dec 4, 2002
Knowing our imitations, by India Morrison
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Feb 16, 2002
Neuroscientists searching for roots of empathy find brain regions involved in learning by imitation
University of Washington Office of News and Information, Seattle
Jan 22, 2002
Our empathic brain
Discover
Sep 1, 2001