You keep scrolling, unable to stomach such horrible news first thing in the morning.ĭaryl Cameron, assistant professor of psychology and research associate in the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State, wants to understand when, how and why people choose to avoid empathy in their daily lives. Or you’re scrolling through the news one morning when a headline makes you pause - a mass shooting, perhaps, or a tsunami halfway across the globe that’s left thousands homeless, injured or dead. You hastily click to the next channel, before the haunting images of homeless animals appear.
You’re flipping through the television channels when you hear the familiar beginning strains of a Sarah McLachlan song.
