Building empathy
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Article Not feeling it? Learn how to navigate the roadblocks to empathy
Science (and perhaps experience) tells us empathy is on the decline. But how much do we really know about empathy? Where does it live in the brain, and is it inherent to all people, or only to some? Can our capacity for empathy be enlarged?