Stress increases empathy, but empathy can in turn lead to poor judgement, study says

An Austrian study reports that when we're stressed our empathy increases and we're more inclined to help others, although we don't always have enough perspective to evaluate the situation. Researchers at the University of Vienna in Austria sought to understand our reaction to others in highly stressful situations by studying the neural mechanisms underlying this behavior. The challenge put to the study's 80 participants was to empathize with others, while having to carry out complex tasks quickly under psychological pressure created by negative feedback on performance.

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