Menu Close

Articles on Empathy

Displaying 1 - 20 of 154 articles

Dans un contexte d’augmentation des risques psychosociaux, ignorer les émotions au travail n’aide pas… Melissa Hogan/Wikimedia commons

Why empathy constitutes the ultimate leadership skill

Stereotypes continue to provide excuses to executives for not exercising what likely constitutes the most critical skill for leadership.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau arrive at Westminster Abbey prior to the coronation ceremony of King Charles in London in May 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Justin Trudeau’s political foes should avoid capitalizing on his marital breakdown

Many Canadians likely have a great deal of empathy for what Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau are going through right now — which is why opposition politicians should too.
When someone humiliates themselves on TV, you want to look away, but you can’t. Designpics/Getty Images

The unbearable allure of cringe

What does secondhand embarrassment say about your own anxieties and biases?
Overtly hostile behavior tends to diminish with age except for a minority of children who are at risk of later criminality. This makes childhood a critical time for steering those most in-need away from difficult life paths. (Erinn Acland)

Aggression in kids is related to how they read others’ emotions

Faces hold crucial clues on what others are thinking and feeling. So, does missing that key social information impact children’s unkind behaviour?
We do not laugh at the other’s suffering or distress; we react to the other’s surprise, incongruity and bewildered expression, having deciphered that he or she is not in distress and has not really hurt themselves. (Shutterstock)

Why do we laugh when someone falls down? Here’s what science says

A clinical psychologist explains what has the potential to trigger our usually well-meaning laughter.

Top contributors

More