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NEWS ABOUT: empathy

empathy stories: 9 news summaries

Alcoholics Are Less Able to Read Your Face

Sensitivity is lower even when drinkers are sober for years: study

Aug 17, 09 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Long-term alcoholics have a diminished ability to sense others’ emotions, even if they have been sober for years, the Chicago Tribune reports. A new study used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to look at the brain activity of abstinent alcoholics and non-alcoholics while they looked at pictures of faces that... More »

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alcohol • alcoholism • alcohol abuse • neuroscience • empathy • fMRI • hippocampus • amygdala • expressions • emotional intelligence

 Sotomayor Oath to Be Televised 

Republicans feel they have dealt a blow to judicial empathy

Aug 7, 09 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor will be sworn in to the Supreme Court on national television tomorrow morning, marking the first time the judicial oath administration has been broadcast, the Washington Post reports. The ceremony will take place at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, following the practice of Samuel Alito, who broke... More »

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Jeff Sessions • empathy • US Supreme Court • judicial nominations • Obama administration • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor

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GOP Attacks on 'Empathy' During Hearings' First Day

Republicans stake out a position against judicial 'empathy'

Jul 13, 09 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Republicans unlikely to be able to block Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation, it seems they’ve settled for drawing a stark contrast between President Obama’s philosophy of law and their own, writes Andrew Cohen for CBS News. During statements today, GOP senators repeatedly attacked Obama’s comments that “... More »

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Republican • empathy • Lindsey Graham • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice

(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor has wrapped up the first session of what promises to be a successful but contentious confirmation process. Patrick Leahy opened today's hearing by expressing hope Sotomayor would be spared racial attacks. “She has been a judge for all Americans,” the Senate Judiciary Committee chair said. “... More »

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Jeff Sessions • Patrick Leahy • Senate confirmation hearings • empathy • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

(Newser) - “Empathy” was a key part of President Obama’s vocabulary when he first started talking about his Supreme Court nominee, Sheryl Gay Stolberg writes in the New York Times, but the word has disappeared. “Conservatives have hijacked empathy and turned it into an epithet,” Stolberg writes. When... More »

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Senate Judiciary Committee • empathy • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Obama administration • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor

They Don't
Call Him Fido
for Nothing

Dogs are ethical, full
of natural goodness, scientist says

May 16, 09 5:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Science is finally catching up to what dog owners have known all along: Canines are ethical. After thousands of hours studying dogs—once dismissed as "furry automatons," an author said—animal behaviorist Marc Bekoff concluded that they possess the capacity for empathy and compassion, the hallmarks of morality.... More »

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animal behavior • human • canine behavior • empathy • Harvard • emotion • dog • human nature • canines • morality

 Cuckolded 
 Hulk: 'I Totally 
 Understand OJ' 

Divorcing wrestler sees red over wife's cavorting with 19-year-old

Apr 15, 09 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hulk Hogan's pro wrestling days were good practice for faking rage, but the anger he feels over his divorce from his wife Linda is all too real, the New York Daily News quotes Hogan telling Rolling Stone. "I could have turned everything into a crime scene, like OJ,... More »

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OJ Simpson • Hulk Hogan • empathy • Linda Hogan • celebrity divorces

Cancer Docs Shy Away from Empathy: Study

But helping cope with existential questions
is key, say experts

Sep 23, 08 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to cancer, a doctor’s ability to empathize with a patient is paramount, experts say —but a new study finds that physicians aren't feeling patients' pain, HealthDay reports. “Physicians only responded to 10% of empathic opportunities, and when patients raised existential concerns, physicians tended to... More »

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cancer • health care • oncology • empathy • doctors

Caught My Yawn? Aren't You Sweet

Study discovers
contagious yawning
is sign of empathy

Sep 11, 07 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you yawn when someone nearby does, it may mean you're an empathetic person, a new study has found. Research shows that infectious yawning is a psychological phenomenon, limited to humans and some of their ape relatives, and that those more likely to "catch" yawns appear to be more... More »

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study • psychology • yawning • cognitive science • neurology • yawn • empathy

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