Two types of empathy elicit different health effects, psychologist shows
(PHYSorg.com Medicine & Health)

When a close friend shares bad news, our instinct is to help. But putting ourselves in a friend`s shoes, imagining how we would feel if we were the one suffering, may have detrimental effects on our own health, according to a new study led by the University of Pennsylvania`s Anneke E. K. Buffone. She is the lead research scientist of the World Well-Being Project in the School of Arts & Sciences` Positive Psychology Center.