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Echoic Memory [エコーイック・メモリ]ー (psychology) A type of sensory memory that briefly holds audio information for about 4 seconds.

We often think that empathy, our capacity "to feel someone's pain," is the ultimate source of goodness. Nothing could be farther from the truth, argues psychology professor Paul Bloom. Scientific studies show that empathy is a capricious and irrational emotion that can cloud people's judgement and even lead to violence and cruelty.