empathy: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The anatomy of empathy: Vicarious experience and disorders of social cognition. Oct 17, 2026
Add new Web site: PNAS - The social transmission of empathy relies on observational reinforcement learning. Jul 04, 2026
Add new Web site: American Psychological Association - Cultivating empathy. Apr 09, 2026
Add new Web site: CBC Radio - How can empathy be dangerous? Feb 04, 2026
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Proceedings B - Empathy modulates the temporal structure of social attention. Dec 26, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - All in the Mind - The art of empathy. Nov 13, 2025
Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - The Origins of Empathy and Altruism (PDF). Mar 19, 2025
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Effect of Different Types of Empathy on Prosocial Behavior: Gratitude as Mediator. Aug 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Effect of Different Types of Empathy on Prosocial Behavior: Gratitude as Mediator. Aug 16, 2024
Add new Web site: The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley - Empathy. May 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Lesley University - The Psychology of Emotional and Cognitive Empathy. Jan 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Empathy. Dec 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Empathy and Altruism. Sep 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Psychology Today - Empathy. May 03, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The anatomy of empathy: Vicarious experience and disorders of social cognition. Feb 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Empathy and Sympathy in Ethics. Dec 23, 2022
Add new Web site: Verywell Mind - What is Empathy? Nov 15, 2022
Added photo of Carl Rogers. Feb 05, 2009
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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