Children are naturally prone to be empathic and moral

Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 10:49 in Psychology & Sociology

Children between the ages of 7 and 12 appear to be naturally inclined to feel empathy for others in pain, according to researchers at the University of Chicago, who used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans to study responses in children...

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