UPI People have more empathy for puppies, dogs than adult humans People have more empathy for puppies, full grown dogs and human children who are battered than they do for battered adult humans, U.S. researchers say. Study co-authors Jack Levin and Arnold Arluke, professors at Northeastern University, questioned 240 men and women, most of whom were white and ages 18-25, at a large northeastern university. Participants […]
Fox News Abused puppies get more sympathy than adult crime victims People have more empathy for abused puppies and dogs than they do for adult humans who have been abused, a new study suggests. However, empathy for abused children was about the same as that for puppies and dogs, the study found. Researchers surveyed 240 college students and asked them to read one of four versions […]
Science Codex People have more empathy for battered dogs than human adult, but not child, victims People have more empathy for battered puppies and full grown dogs than they do for some humans — adults, but not children, finds new research to be presented at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. “Contrary to popular thinking, we are not necessarily more disturbed by animal rather than human suffering,” said […]