Jamil Zaki's daughter was in hospital and fighting to survive. That's when one doctor stepped in with the support and advice to help him through... When Jamil faced a new parent's worst nightmare, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today is World Kindness Day. Dr. Jamil Zaki, a professor of psychology at Stanford University, joined us live to discuss why ...

Editor’s note: Shift Your Mindset is an occasional series from CNN’s Mindfulness, But Better team. We talk to experts about how to do things differently to live a better life. Cynicism is on the rise.

In 2015, Dr. Mark Petersen shared difficult news about the treatment plan for Jamil Zaki's fragile newborn daughter. But instead of delivering the... Jamil was struggling after his daughter had a ...

The cover of "Hope for Cynics" beside author Jamil Zaki. (Courtesy of Vern Evans) Stanford professor Jamil Zaki's research on empathy shows how developing it — even for those with whom we have ...

Jamil Zaki's public persona was people pleasing and positive, as befitted a Stanford psychology professor and researcher of social connection, empathy, and trust. But in the pages of his latest book, ...

For a long time, scientists thought our empathy was just something we're born with - like hair or eye color. As it turns out, that's not the case at all. Professor Jamil Zaki studies empathy as part ...

At Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory, scientists have spent years studying kindness, connection and empathy. But those can all seem in short supply at a time of deep divisions. But the head of ...

Noted Bay Area radio journalist Angie Coiro produces and hosts This Is Now with Angie Coiro for Kepler’s Literary Foundation. She brings her trademark focus on politics and culture to one-on-one ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Zaki, PhD., is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and the ...

This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team, about people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. In 2015, Jamil Zaki's daughter, Alma, was born. She ...