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Understanding others' feelings: what is empathy and why do we need it?

  • Written by: Pascal Molenberghs, Senior Lecturer in Social Neuroscience, Monash University
imageMany animals might show signs of mimicry or emotional contagion to another animal in pain.Fenix_21/Flickr, CC BY-SA

This is the introductory essay in our series on understanding others’ feelings. In it we will 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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