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Original Article 12/31/2010 By Jamil Zaki A recent study finds a decline in empathy among young people in the U.S. Humans are unlikely to win the animal kingdom?s prize for fastest, strongest or largest, but we are world champions at understanding one another. This interpersonal prowess is fueled, at least in part, by empathy: our tendency to care about and share other people?s emotional experiences. Empathy is a cornerstone of human behavior and has long been considered innate. A forthcoming study, however, challenges this assumption by demonstrating that empathy levels have been declining over the past 30 years. The research (PDF), led by Sara H. Konrath of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and published online in August in Personality and Social Psychology Review, found that college students? self-reported empathy has declined since 1980, with an especially steep drop in the past 10 years...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on December 31, 2010 (boomark / email).