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http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100528/sc_livescience/todayscollegestudentslackempathy

"College students today are less likely to "get" the emotions of others
than their counterparts 20 and 30 years ago, a new review study
suggests.

Specifically, today's students scored 40 percent lower on a measure of
empathy than their elders did. "