What Makes Us Help Others—the Head or the Heart?
While critics argue that empathy can be limiting, new research finds that empathy and reasoning work together to drive people to help more.
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While critics argue that empathy can be limiting, new research finds that empathy and reasoning work together to drive people to help more.
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