In spite of considerable progress in the understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying
the experience of empathy, the majority of previous investigations have focused on how we …

First-and third-person experiences of bodily sensations, like pain and touch, recruit
overlapping neural networks including sensorimotor, insular, and anterior cingulate cortices …

Empathy is an essential component of our social lives, allowing us to understand and share
other people's affective and sensory states, including pain. Evidence suggests a core neural …

Empathy is the ability to experience and understand what others feel without confusion
between oneself and others. Knowing what someone else is feeling plays a fundamental …

It is not known how specific the neural mechanisms underpinning empathy for different
domains are. In the present study, we set out to test whether shared neural representations …

The multifaceted nature of empathy requires a comprehensive conceptualization of core and
related emotional and mindreading processes. Here I argue that new paradigms are needed …

Empathy—the ability to share the feelings of others—is fundamental to our emotional and
social lives. Previous human imaging studies focusing on empathy for others' pain have …

Empathy for pain is thought to activate the affective-motivational components of the pain
matrix, which includes the anterior insula and middle and anterior cingulate cortices, as …

Brain imaging studies in humans have shown the existence of a shared somatosensory
representation in the primary somatosensory cortex (S1), putatively involved in …

Although many studies have examined the neural basis of empathy, relatively little is known
about how empathic processes are affected by different attentional conditions. Thus, we …