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UPSC Essentials: Ethical Lessons from the Life of Ratan Tata

October 18, 2024 10:21 am

How ethical values and insights from the life of Ratan Tata serve as significant guides to integrity and ethics for UPSC aspirants. Let's take a look.

How to be a good listener - and how to know when you're doing it right

August 24, 2023 12:31 pm

One of the common misconceptions about empathy is that you need to have lived through what the other person has experienced to understand them

Matters of the Mind: Do middle-class couples show more empathy than the rich?

December 04, 2020 10:15 am

The principle hope here is for couples from all strata to reflect on their strengths and growth areas, not to exclaim that one is better than the other

Novel model explains the evolution of empathy

April 09, 2019 1:54 pm

The model developing at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany and the Santa Fe Institute in the US suggests that the origin of a broad range of empathetic responses lies in cognitive simulation.

The world needs less bullies, teach your kids empathy

August 09, 2018 9:43 am

According to recent reports, it is found that every third child is bullied in school and some of these kids are affected to such an extent that they do not mind ending their lives, just to stop the pain.

Want to win more girlfriends? Be more empathetic

June 10, 2016 7:10 pm

According to a study, boys high in cognitive empathy attracted an average of 1.8 more girl friendships than low empathy counterparts.

Social stress is a barrier to empathy between strangers

January 16, 2015 2:05 pm

Feeling stressed in the presence of strangers curbs the ability to express empathy, says a research.

‘Slum kids living in one room with parents are born characterless’

July 25, 2013 2:55 am

One of the observations made by government school teachers during a two-day programme held last month for new JBT and EGT recruits to equip them with emotional intelligence skills,mainly empathy.

How the brain generates empathy for someone else’s pain

July 16, 2011 5:10 pm

Empathy for someone to whom one cannot directly relate relies more on rationalizing part of brain.

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