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When soft music is playing in the background, a brief exchange with a robot can evoke unexpected feelings of intimacy. Researchers were surprised to discover how much of a role the background music ...

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9 Empathic Phrases To Adopt To Be a Better Listener, According to a Psychologist originally appeared on Parade. What does it mean to truly listen to someone? Does it involve simply hearing the words ...

A child with a new cochlear implant works on auditory rehabilitation exercises at home in Toulouse, France, aided by Pepper, a human-looking robot. In Canada, another child interacts with Pepper, who ...

Over half of U.S. adults are using large language models (LLMs)—such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot—in some capacity. Whether ...

Dr. Chivonna Childs, a psychologist, succinctly expressed what it means to be an empath. “An empath is a person who has the ability to feel what others are feeling and understand what others are ...

What happens when we feel empathy for another person? What are you feeling when that chronically anxious student sinks further into his chair or your teenage girl sobs through her closed bedroom door?

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We’re told empathy is always the answer. Psychology and neuroscience suggest it’s more complicated—and sometimes, more ...

Interoceptive, visceral pain from within the body is perceived more unpleasant than exteroceptive pain from outside the body.