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Empathy Makes Friends (And Also Enemies)

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When we see a football player injured in a game and cringe at the gruesome sight, that’s empathy working within us. And sometimes it’s easier for us to empathize than others. Science writer Lydia Denworth talks about how researchers are studying the way empathy works in the brain. Her story “I Feel Your Pain” appears in the December issue of Scientific American magazine.