Psychopathy is a developmental disorder associated with core affective traits, such as low
empathy, guilt, and remorse, and with antisocial and aggressive behaviors. Recent …

We observed the behaviors of the same people across five games–two prisoner's dilemma
games, a trust game (in which the subject took on the role of both truster and trustee), a …

The paper first gives a conceptual distinction of the first, second and third person
perspectives in social cognition research and connects them to the major present theories of …

We offer here a framework for the understanding of being in recovery from schizophrenia as
an interpersonal process. We draw upon in-depth phenomenological descriptions of the …

Background: Emotional context may play a crucial role in movement production. According
to simulation theories, emotional states affect motor systems. The aim of this study was to …

The notion of empathy has been explicated in different ways in the current debate on how to
understand others. Whereas defenders of simulation-based approaches claim that empathy …

The suffering of nonhuman animals has become a noted factor in deciding public policy and
legislative change. Yet, despite this growing concern, skepticism toward such suffering is still …

This essay situates Tetsurō Watsuji within contemporary approaches to social cognition. It
argues for Watsuji's current relevance, suggesting that his analysis of embodiment and …

Hinter dem Ausdruck ‚Empathie 'verbirgt sich ein schillernder Begriff mit einer nicht minder
schillernden Begriffsgeschichte. 1 Als Rückübersetzung aus dem Englischen breitet er sich …

The concept of distancing or polarization plays a central role in Werner and Kaplan's
account of symbol formation. It refers to the process of progressive differentiation and …