The Independent Humans have more empathy for dogs than people, finds study This time, researchers Professor Jack Levin and Professor Arnold Arluke, from Northeastern University in Boston, gave 240 participants one of four fake newspaper reports. The report, published in the journal Society & Animals, reveals that participants were asked to describe their emotions using standard questions to measure empathy.
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 […]