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Age and Empathy: Middle-aged are most likely to feel your pain
February 1, 2013
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ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Looking for someone to feel your pain? Talk to a woman in her 50s.
According to a new study of more than 75,000 adults, women in that age group are more empathic than men of the same age and than younger or older people. (more…)