APS

29th APS Annual Convention

Bridging the Empathy Gap: An Exploration of Forces and Strategies That Can Shape Empathy's Rise and Fall

Sunday, May 28, 2017 · Boston, MA

Personality/Emotion

Why does empathy fail? Why don't we feel it for members of certain groups? Why do some people have more empathy than others? The speakers in this symposium will explore these questions from multiple perspectives with an eye toward an additional one: Are there ways to enhance empathy when desired?

Chairs & Discussants

  • David DeStenoChair
    Northeastern University
  • David DeStenoDiscussant
    Northeastern University

Presentations

  1. Empathy Is a Choice: People Are Empathy Misers Because They Are Cognitive MisersDaryl Cameron, Cendri Hutcherson, Amanda Ferguson, Julian Scheffer, Michael Inzlicht
  2. Suffering and Prosociality: The Links Between Adversity and Prosocial OrientationDaniel Lim, David DeSteno
  3. Leveraging Episodic Simulation to Reduce Intergroup Bias in HelpingMina Cikara, Brendan Gaesser, Yuki Shimura