A study explored whether Loving Kindness Meditation reduces loneliness by increasing empathy, finding no improvement in empathy despite loneliness reductions. The results indicate that lonelier individuals report lower empathy without corresponding differences in neural empathy responses.

Lonely individuals may still experience intact neural responses to others' pain, yet perceive themselves as less empathic, highlighting potential cognitive factors in loneliness and avenues for intervention focused on social cognition.

Article Title: Lonely individuals see themselves as less empathic, study finds

Link to PsyPost Article: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.psypost.org/lonely-individuals-see-themselves-as-less-empathic-study-finds/

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