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Empathy and Moral Psychology
(EMP) Lab

Empathy and Moral Psychology
(EMP) Lab

Dr. Cameron Presents at The Most Good Conference

Dr. Cameron gave a talk titled “Expansive Empathy: Motivating Empathic Choices Across the Moral Circle” at the Most Good conference in Brooklyn, New York. More details about the conference can be found here, along with the archived live-stream of the event...

Dr. Cameron Interviewed for Scientific American

Dr. Cameron was interviewed for a piece on motivated empathy in Scientific American. The article considers the individual and societal/structural elements that shape whether we decide to empathize with others. The article covers a lot of the questions that motivate...

Dr. Cameron Interviewed by NOAA Cinematographers

Dr. Cameron was interviewed by Caitlin Bailey and Art Howard from the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) about empathy for deep-sea animals, including a panel with fellow Penn State social psychologist Dr. Janet Swim. A fascinating topic to...

Penn State News Recaps on the Consortium’s Year

The Social Science Research Institute, one of our research funding partners here at Penn State, released two news releases last year in Penn State News about the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making (https://moralconsortium.psu.edu/). Check them out below, especially...

Penn State News Release on Our AI-Empathy Conference

In April 2024, we hosted an interdisciplinary conference on empathy, morality, and AI through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making. To learn more, check out this Penn State News release, which also covers our lab’s broader interest in this topic area:...

Penn State News Story on Expanding Empathy 2024

We returned with Expanding Empathy in spring 2024, through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making. Our sixth year running the series, including psychologists and philosophers talking about empathy and morality, this is a highlight for the EMP Lab every year. The...