Jamil Zaki

Jamil Zaki is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory. He is the author of The War For Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World.

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‘Self-Care’ Isn’t the Fix for Late-Pandemic Malaise

What we need is to take care of others.
- Jamil Zaki
- October 21, 2021
The Atlantic

The Pandemic Did Not Affect Mental Health the Way You Think

The world’s psychological immune system turned out to be more robust than expected.
- Lara Aknin, Jamil Zaki, and Elizabeth Dunn
- July 4, 2021
Jorge Silva / Reuters

Indonesia’s Tsunami and the Problem of Human Empathy

As the death toll keeps rising, the compassion of faraway observers either can’t—or won’t—keep pace.
- Jamil Zaki
- October 8, 2018
Winthrop Harbor / Reuters

Having Kids Can Make Parents Less Empathetic

Emotional investment in children can make people feel like they don’t have as much space to care about anyone else.
- Jamil Zaki
- November 18, 2015

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Jamil Zaki

‘Self-Care’ Isn’t the Fix for Late-Pandemic Malaise

The Pandemic Did Not Affect Mental Health the Way You Think

Indonesia’s Tsunami and the Problem of Human Empathy

Having Kids Can Make Parents Less Empathetic