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Empathy has to be learned at a young age. Not all humans have empathy: the lacking of all forms of empathy is called psychopathy (see also antisocial personality disorder). Autism and Asperger's syndrome are often falsely associated with empathy disorders, due to developmental differences in the ways emotions are experienced and expressed.
Research in neurology has shown that the same groups of neurons fire in one's brain when one, say, pricks one's finger as when one sees someone else do the same. Hence the reason why one might wince when one sees someone else do this. There are also reports of small infants only a few weeks old who will stick their tongue out at you when you do that to them, giving rise to the theory that empathy is innate in higher mammals.
Closely related concepts are compassion and sympathy. A con-artist may possess and rely on empathy — awareness of others' thoughts and feelings — but fail to experience sympathy, which might prevent him from victimizing others.
It has been speculated that empathy may lie behind the prevalence of the Golden rule, and by extension that it may be an essential part of the cause of moral and social behaviour in human and non-human animals.
The empathy reflex is exploited to a certain extent in all kinds of fiction, thus we may identify deeply with characters appearing in a text or on a screen. It is also possible to identify with a person of the other sex or an animal. Empathy is thought to be a driving psychological force behind the animal rightsAnimal rights is the viewpoint that animals have rights and are worthy of ethical consideration in how humans interact with them. Overview Animal rights is the concept that all or some animals are entitled to possess their own lives, and that animals are movement.
Some students of animal behaviourEthology is the scientific study of animal behaviour (particularly of social animals such as primates and canids), and is a branch of zoology. A scientist who practises ethology is called an ethologist . Origins of the name The term ethology derives from claim that empathy is not restricted to humans as the definition implies. Examples include dolphins saving humans from drowning or from shark attacks, and a multitude of behaviours observed in primates, both in captivity and in the wild. See, for instance, the popular book The Ape and the Sushi Master by Frans de WaalPrimatologist Frans de Waal is the C. Chandler professor of Primate Behavior in the Emory University psychology department and Director of the Living Links Center. His research centers on primate social behavior, including conflict resolution, cooperation.
In some works of science fictionScience fiction generally speaking, is a form of speculative fiction which deals principally with the impact of imagined science and/or technology upon society or individuals. There are, perhaps, exceptions to (or at least, some very unusual examples of) and fantasyFor other definitions of fantasy see Fantasy (psychology). In literature, fantasy is a form of fiction, usually novels or short stories, though fantasy role-playing games comic books and movies are also popular. In its broadest sense, "Fantasy Fiction" co, empathy is understood to be a paranormalAnomalous phenomena are phenomena which are observed and for which there are no suitable explanations in the context of a specific body of scientific knowledge, e. astronomy or biology. Many bodies of knowledge exhibit "anomaly gaps" where theory does not or psychicParapsychology is the study of mental phenomena, whether actual or purported, that are not currently explainable within the framework of mainstream, conventional science. Types of parapsychology The phenomena in question fall into two broad groups. Extra- ability to sense the emotions of others, as opposed to telepathyTelepathy from the Greek , tele "distant", and , patheia "feeling", is the supposed ability to communicate information from one mind to another, and is one form of extra-sensory perception or anomalous cognition. This information is generally reported as, which allows one to perceive thoughts as well. A person who has that ability is called an empath.
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