Sympathy is the perception of, understanding of, and reaction to the distress or need of another life form.
Medical personnel aid a suffering woman after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Facial expressions can communicate sympathy and other emotions nonverbally.
A baby will often cry at the sound of another baby's cries.
Emotions are physical and mental states brought on by neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure. There is no scientific consensus on a definition. Emotions are often intertwined with mood, temperament, personality, disposition, or creativity.
Sixteen faces expressing the human passions – colored engraving by J. Pass, 1821, after Charles Le Brun