ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Empathy quotient

Okay kiddo, so empathy quotient is a measure of how well we can imagine how someone else is feeling. Just like how we might imagine how our favorite toy feels when we play with it or how our friend feels when they fall down and scrape their knee.

Scientists have come up with a special test to measure how good someone is at imagining other people's feelings. It involves looking at pictures of people's eyes and trying to guess how they are feeling.

People who score high on the empathy quotient are really good at guessing how people feel just by looking at their eyes. They might also be better at comforting their friends if they are sad or upset.

So, empathy quotient is just a fancy way of measuring how easily we can put ourselves in other people's shoes and imagine how they feel. It's important to have empathy because it helps us be kind and caring towards others.
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