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Empathy varies by age and gender: Women in their 50s are tops

January 31, 2013 by

Looking for someone to feel your pain? Talk to a woman in her 50s. According to a new study of more than 75,000 adults, women in that age group are more empathic than men of the same age and than younger or older people.

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