Individual differences in local gray matter density are associated with differences in affective and cognitive empathy

R Eres, J Decety, WR Louis, P Molenberghs - NeuroImage, 2015 - Elsevier
The understanding of empathy from a neuroscientific perspective has recently developed
quickly, with numerous functional MRI studies associating different brain regions with …

Is there a core neural network in empathy? An fMRI based quantitative meta-analysis

Y Fan, NW Duncan, M De Greck, G Northoff - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Whilst recent neuroimaging studies have identified a series of different brain regions as
being involved in empathy, it remains unclear concerning the activation consistence of these …

[HTML][HTML] Inter-individual differences in empathy are reflected in human brain structure

MJ Banissy, R Kanai, V Walsh, G Rees - Neuroimage, 2012 - Elsevier
Empathy is a multi-faceted concept consisting of our ability not only to share emotions but
also to exert cognitive control and perspective taking in our interactions with others. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis of empathy and the domain general region in the anterior insular cortex

I Mutschler, C Reinbold, J Wankerl… - Frontiers in Human …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Empathy is key for healthy social functioning and individual differences in empathy have
strong implications for manifold domains of social behavior. Empathy comprises of …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroanatomical and functional correlates of cognitive and affective empathy in young healthy adults

C Uribe, A Puig-Davi, A Abos, HC Baggio… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Neural substrates of empathy are mainly investigated through task-related functional MRI.
However, the functional neural mechanisms at rest underlying the empathic response have …

Relating anatomical and social connectivity: white matter microstructure predicts emotional empathy

C Parkinson, T Wheatley - Cerebral Cortex, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Understanding cues to the internal states of others involves a widely distributed network of
brain regions. Although white matter (WM) connections are likely crucial for communication …

Do I feel or do I know? Neuroimaging meta-analyses on the multiple facets of empathy

L Kogler, VI Müller, E Werminghausen, SB Eickhoff… - Cortex, 2020 - Elsevier
Empathy is a multidimensional construct including affective and cognitive components while
maintaining the distinction between one-self and others. Our meta-analyses focused on …

Network functional connectivity underlying dissociable cognitive and affective components of empathy in adolescence

DE Winters, PJ Pruitt, S Fukui, MA Cyders, BJ Pierce… - Neuropsychologia, 2021 - Elsevier
Empathy, the capacity to understand and share others' emotions, can occur through
cognitive and affective components. These components are different conceptually …

The balance between feeling and knowing: affective and cognitive empathy are reflected in the brain's intrinsic functional dynamics

CL Cox, LQ Uddin, A Di Martino… - Social cognitive and …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Affective empathy (AE) is distinguished clinically and neurally from cognitive empathy (CE).
While AE is selectively disrupted in psychopathy, autism is associated with deficits in CE …

Structural anatomy of empathy in neurodegenerative disease

KP Rankin, ML Gorno-Tempini, SC Allison, CM Stanley… - Brain, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Empathy is a complex social behaviour mediated by a network of brain structures. Recently,
several functional imaging studies have investigated the neural basis of empathy, but few …