This fMRI study was set up to explore how cognitive empathy, ie the cognitive inference on
another person's affective state, can be characterized as a distinct brain function relating to …

Empathy is a central concept in psychological sciences, and today it is also actively studied
in neuroscience. The focus of cognitive and psychodynamic psychologists has naturally …

Empathy is a vicarious experience of others' emotions, and is crucial to many forms of
adaptive social interaction. Clinical, experimental, and functional neuroimaging studies …

Empathy is a critical socioemotional skill that motivates prosocial behavior and supports the
ability to respond to the emotions of others. Although accurate measurement of empathy in …

Traumatic events increase the risk of depression, but there is also evidence that adversity
can lead to posttraumatic growth, including increased compassion and prosocial behavior …

Empathy describes an individual's ability to understand and feel the other. In this article, we
review recent theoretical approaches to the study of empathy. Recent evidence supports 2 …

Empathy refers to the thoughts and feelings of one individual in response to the observed
(emotional) experiences of another individual. Empathy, however, can occur toward persons …

Theories on empathy have argued that feeling empathy for others is related to accurate
recognition of their emotions. Previous research that tested this assumption, however, has …

Abstract examine the role of therapeutic empathy in cognitive therapy and attempt to answer
the following questions: what is therapeutic empathy/is the cognitive view of empathy …

Empathy-the capacity to understand and resonate with the experiences of other people-is
considered an essential aspect of social cognition. However, although empathy is often …