Do animals feel empathy? Inside the decades-long quest for an answer.

Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:28:29 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/2/8/10925098/animals-have-empathy>

"The quest to understand animal empathy has been long and fraught, but
it isn't trivial. If animals can indeed feel emotions like our own, the
revelation may one day lead to treatments for conditions where social
bonding is difficult — like in autism — or is nonexistent, like in
sociopathy."

Via Lionel Lauer.

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