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Children learn empathy growing up, but can we train adults to have more of it?

  • Written by John Malouff, Associate Professor, School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences, University of New England
imageResearchers have examined whether it is possible to increase empathy through formal training.from shutterstock.com

This article is part of our series on understanding others’ feelings. In it we examine empathy, including what it is, whether our doctors need more of it, and when too much may not be a good thing.

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