Through a thorough quantitative and qualitative assessment process, they found that empathy boosts creativity, that teaching empathy in a specific context boosts empathy in other settings, and that learning empathy can deepen the students' overall engagement with learning. CNN.com spoke to Nicholl and Demetriou about the link between empathy and creativity, and why cultivating empathy should be a lifelong pursuit. CNN: Why is learning empathy so important for kids? CNN: Should we be focusing on cognitive empathy, which is thinking about others; emotional empathy, feeling with others; or both? You found that boys made more gains in emotional empathy, while girls made more gains in cognitive empathy.

Source: CNN February 19, 2021 11:48 UTC