Empathy is an integral part of socioemotional well-being, but recent research has
highlighted some of its downsides. Here we examine literature that establishes when, how …

What role does the experience of feeling what you think others are feeling–often known as
'empathy'–have in moral deliberation and moral action? Empathy has many fans and there …

Exposure to derogatory language about immigrants and minority groups leads to political
radicalization and deteriorates intergroup relations. This article addresses the psychological …

The empathy concept has central significance for social and personality psychology and in
many other domains, including neuroscience, clinical/abnormal psychology, and the health …

Previous research shows that virtual reality perspective-taking experiences (VRPT) can
increase prosocial behavior toward others. We extend this research by exploring whether …

Highlights•Positive feelings reinforce prosocial behavior.•Positive feelings, such as
happiness, predict prosocial behavior.•Engaging in prosocial behavior leads to positive …

The primary aim of this chapter is to provide a framework to understand and synthesize the
processes of person construal—early perceptions that lead to initial ingroup/outgroup …

Pain features centrally in numerous illnesses and generates enormous public health costs.
Despite its ubiquity, the psychological and neurophysiological nature of pain remains …

Entrepreneurs often face the daunting task of predicting consumer demand before it exists—
what consumers will want if and when the entrepreneur might make it available to them …

What is a group? How do we know to which groups we belong? How do we assign others to
groups? A great deal of theorizing across the social sciences, has conceptualized “groups” …