Empathy often avoided because of mental effort

Monday, April 22, 2019 - 09:31 in Psychology & Sociology

Even when feeling empathy for others isn't financially costly or emotionally draining, people will still avoid it because they think empathy requires too much mental effort, according to new research.

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