Commentary: Empathy and its discontents

Commentary: Decoding the Charitable Brain: Empathy, Perspective Taking, and Attention Shifts Differentially Predict Altruistic Giving

Commentary on Psychotherapy as a Human Science: Clinical Case Studies Exploring the Abyss of Madness Empathy and Otherness: Humanistic and Phenomenological Approaches to Psychotherapy of Severe Mental Illness

In this commentary, we respond to Atwood’s (2012) article, “Psychotherapy as a Human Science: Clinical Case Studies Exploring the Abyss of Madness," by highlighting some of the theoretical ideals that guide Atwood’s writing and his therapy work. In particular, we consider how these case studies fit into the larger paradigm of humanistic psychology, and how this perspective informed Atwood’s wor...

The Golden Age of Aging, and Its Discontents

Commentary: The physician as person framework: How human nature impacts empathy, depression, burnout, and the practice of medicine

How , Rather Than What Type of , Music Increases Empathy

In their article on music and empathy, Greenberg, Rentfrow and BaronCohen propose to employ the Emphasizing–Systemizing (E-S) theory as a framework for analyzing the intrapersonal and social psychological processes that underlie the capacity of music to promote empathy. In particular, the authors consider the implications of E-S theory for autism, and speculate about which types of music might ...