Your pain, my gain: Feeling pleasure over the misfortune of those you envy is biological
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 10:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Mina Cikara found her thesis when she wore a Boston Red Sox hat to a New York Yankees baseball game. Nicknames and vulgarities were among the souvenirs she took home. And, after hearing about the name-calling and heckling her then-PhD student endured, Princeton professor Susan Fiske was compelled to join her in pursuing the phenomenon further, exploring why people fail to empathize with others based on stereotypes.