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Rats show empathy and free their trapped companions. Time, December 8, 2011.

Rats feel each other's pain. Science Now, December 8, 2011.

A new model of empathy: the rat. Washington Post, December 8, 2011.

Becoming compassionately numb. The New York Times, October 1, 2011.

Prison research to examine neural circuitry of criminal psychopaths. News Medical, August 2, 2011.

Moral responses change as people age. National Science Foundation, June 2, 2011.


Why doctors should be more empathetic-but not too much more. Scientific American, April 26, 2011.

New Society for Social Neuroscience to help guide emerging field. UChicago News, December 9, 2010.

The animal-cruelty syndrom. The New York Times, June 7, 2010.

Les médecins endurcis à la douleur. Le Figaro, February 3rd, 2010.

What would you do if your cruise ship stopped in Haiti?. The Globe and Mail, Toronto, January 23, 2010.

Docs don't feel your pain much - and that's best. World Science, January 20, 2010.

Comportamiento / Las raíces de la empatía y la moral. La Nation, Buenos Aires, November 8, 2009.

Primer diálogo sobre el cerebro. La Nation, Buenos Aires, November 4, 2009.

Aimer voir souffrir. Sciences Humaines, March 1, 2009.

Sadism in the brain. Dana Foundation, February 19, 2009.

Researchers shed new light on connection between brain and loneliness. University of Chicago News Office, February 15, 2009.

Loneliness as bad for health as smoking and obesity. The Med Guru, February 17, 2009.

Loneliness affects how the brain operates. Science Daily, February 17, 2009.

Mobbare njuter när andra lider. Dalarnas Tidningar (Sweden), February 20, 2009.

Le cerveau social. Sciences Humaines, November 2008.

Bullies may enjoy seeing others in pain. National Geographic, November 7, 2008.

Bullies' brain light up with pleasure as people squirm. National Science Foundation, November 7, 2008.

Brain Scans Show Bullies Enjoy Others' Pain. Washington Post, November 7, 2008.

Bullies may get kick out of seeing others in pain. Reuters, November 7, 2008.

Bullying tendency wired in brain. BBC News, November 7, 2008.

Bullies may enjoy seeing others in pain: Brain scans show disruption in natural empathetic response. University of Chicago News Office, November 7, 2008.

Children are naturally prone to be empathic and moral, University of Chicago study shows. University of Chicago News Office, July 11, 2008.

Empathy comes naturally to children: study. Reuters, July 11, 2008.

Children hardwired for empathy, say brain researchers. CBC News, Canada, July 11, 2008.

Kids feel your (especially intentionally) inflicted pain. USA Today, July 11, 2008.

Children are naturally prone to be empathic and moral. Physorg, July 11, 2008.

You remind me of me. New York Times, February 12, 2008.

Sorry, but I can't help you. Newsweek, November 3, 2007.

Doctors' brains curb response to patients' pain. American Medical News, November 5, 2007.

Physicians Learn to Suppress Empathy Reaction, Study Shows. Washington Post, October 1, 2007.

Doctors regulate their pain responses to better treat patients. The University of Chicago News Office, September 27, 2007.

Doctors suppress response to patients' pain, brain scans reveal. Times London, September 27, 2007.

How your brain allows you to walk in another’s shoes. WallStreet Journal, August 17, 2007.

Human hard-wired for morality? Washington Post, May 29, 2007.

Hard-wired for moral politics: Neuroscience and empathy. Znet, May 20, 2007.


The mentalizing network and its role in recognizing envy and gloating. Medscape today, June 6, 2007.

A neurological basis for psychiatric delusions. The Tripe Helix, November 01, 2006.

Mirrored emotion. The University of Chicago Magazine, April 2006.

Self-serve brains. Science News Online. February 11, 2006.

Faculty members honored with professorships, new scholars welcomed. The University of Chicago Chronicle, January 19, 2006.

PET Uncovers Patterns in Emotional Brain Activity. SNM Advancing molecular imaging abd therapy, December 2, 2005.

Who we are. Embo reports. June 10, 2005.

Study examines neural correlates of sympathy, by E. Benson. APA Monitor on Psychology, American Psychological Association, March 2003.

Search for sympathy uncovers patterns of brain activity. Innovations report, March 12, 2002.

Sympathetic view. The Weekend Australian, Sydney, Australia, December 7, 2002.

University of Washington Office of News and Information, Seattle, December 2, 2002.

Brain function linked to sympathy, Health-news.co.uk, London, England, December 4, 2002.

Neuroscientists Searching For Roots Of Empathy Find Brain Regions Involved In Learning By Imitation. Science Daily, January 24, 2002.


Knowing our imitations, by India Morrison. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, February 16 2002.

Network of brain regions linked to imitating others. Daily University Science News, January 23, 2002.

Neuroscientists searching for roots of empathy find brain regions involved in learning by imitation. University of Washington Office of News and Information, Seattle, January 22, 2002.

Brain areas involved in imitation identified, by Joel Schwarz. University Week, University of Washington, Seattle, January 24, 2002.

Our empathic brain. Discover, September 1, 2001.