Their pain gives us pleasure: How intergroup dynamics shape empathic failures and counter-empathic responses

Despite its early origins and adaptive functions, empathy is not inevitable; people routinely fail to empathize with others, especially members of different social or cultural groups. In five experiments, we systematically explore how social identity, functional relations between groups, competitive...

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Main Authors: Cikara, M. (Author), Van Bavel, J.J (Author), Bruneau, Emile Gabriel (Contributor), Saxe, Rebecca R (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier, 2017-11-28T20:22:20Z.
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