Empathica is based on the hope that increasing empathy between people can help to overcome impasses in disputes in many domains: couples, families, organizations, politics, and so on. Empathica conveys mutual understanding of values and emotions through cognitive-affective maps.

  • What is Empathica?

    Empathica is based on the hope that increasing empathy between people can help to overcome impasses in disputes in many domains: couples, families, organizations, politics, and so on. Empathica conveys mutual understanding of values and emotions through cognitive-affective maps.

  • How it works

    Assuming a conflict between two persons, both individuals create a cognitive-affective map representing their view of the conflict. Based on similarities and differences, Empathica suggests to both disputants what they might focus on to resolve their disagreements.

  • Cognitive Affective Maps

    A cognitive-affective map is a diagram that shows concepts and beliefs along with the emotional values attached to them. It also shows the relationships between concepts that support each other or conflict with each other.

  • Conflict Resolution

    With both sides of the conflict mapped, Empathica is able to suggest compromises that disputants should focus on to resolve their disagreements.

  • Modeling Real Problems

    Cognitive Affective Maps are suited for modelling not only simple conflicts, but also complex real world problems such as international Climate Change debates.

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