Compassion is a powerful moral emotion—it moves us to care for the suffering of others, and enables us to live cooperatively with one another. Yet we live in a society of constant …
Compassion literally means “to suffer together.” Among emotion researchers, it is defined as the feeling that arises when you are confronted with another’s suffering and …
Compassion literally means “to suffer together.” Among emotion researchers, it is defined as the feeling that arises when you are confronted with another’s …
Compassion research is at a tipping point: Overwhelming evidence suggests compassion is good for our health and good for the world.
For example, the eight-week compassion cultivation training (CCT) course that was developed by Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., and colleagues at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion …
The Contagious Power of Compassion (The Science of Happiness) | 19:01 Compassionate dialogue isn’t just about talking and listening—it's a meaningful way to bridge …
Compassion and egalitarianism These novel findings give theoretical support to how intrapersonal traits such as self-compassion are linked to broader social attitudes through empathy. …
What is compassion? And how did it evolve? In this review, we integrate 3 evolutionary arguments that converge on the hypothesis that compassion evolved as a distinct affective experience whose …
A recent gathering of compassion researchers reveals new discoveries about how and why humans help each other.
Based at UC Berkeley, Greater Good reports on groundbreaking research into the roots of compassion, happiness, and altruism.