Children given more storybooks understand other minds sooner. Adults raised on novels end up with more nuanced views.

We are already witnessing the dangers of this decline in empathy in various aspects of society—whether in politics, economic ...

Is there an “empathy switch” in our brains? And is it possible that carefully crafted stories about disparate or adversarial groups might trigger more empathetic responses among audiences? Recent ...

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Celebrating leaders and researchers who prove that empathy isn’t a soft skill but a force that transforms business and technology. When a plane skids off a runway or when a global supply chain ...