Humans prefer to put more effort into empathizing with groups than with individuals, study shows

Humans Are More Inclined to Empathize With Groups Than With Individuals, Study Shows

Participants in the study were more likely to choose empathy when shown group images. Credit: Philipp Müller-Dorn / CC BY-SA 4.0 According to a new study, humans are more likely to empathize with groups than single individuals, even though both forms of empathy are considered equally emotionally taxing. Researchers from Linköping University in Sweden found that participants in a controlled experiment were more inclined to choose empathy when vie…

People more willing to empathise with groups than individuals

Participants were asked to write down three keywords describing the feelings or appearance of the people in the images they viewed

People more likely to empathise with groups than individuals, study finds

Empathy was also rated as taking more effort and being more distressing than remaining neutral.People are more willing to empathise with groups of people ra ...

Humans prefer to put more effort into empathizing with groups than with individuals, study shows

What makes us care about others? Scientists studying empathy have found that people are more likely to choose to empathize with groups rather than individuals, even though they find empathizing equally difficult and uncomfortable in both cases.

People Prefer To Empathize With Groups Over Individuals

Neuroscience News People are more likely to choose to empathize with groups rather than individuals, even though they find empathizing equally difficult in both scenarios. Using a card-based empathy selection task, participants opted to empathize 53% of the time when shown groups, versus just 34% for individuals. Researchers suggest that groups provide more contextual information, making empathizing feel more intuitive or meaningful…….Continue …

People Prefer to Empathize With Groups Over Individuals

People are more likely to choose to empathize with groups rather than individuals, even though they find empathizing equally difficult in both scenarios. Using a card-based empathy selection task, participants opted to empathize 53% of the time when shown groups, versus just 34% for individuals. Researchers suggest that groups provide more contextual information, making empathizing feel more intuitive or meaningful.