Developing empathy

Let’s talk about empathy! Empathy is a crucial skill needed for interpersonal communication and forming connections. 👯‍♀️ Have you ever wondered how certain factors impact our empathy? Studying these factors can help us to answer other important questions. For example, are girls really more empathic than boys? 🤔

Schwenk et al. decided to investigate this question to see how age, gender, and intelligence play a role in children’s cognitive and emotional empathy. Swipe through this post to see how they measured empathy and what they found! Thank you to RA Julia Guo for putting together this informative post.