The neural basis of empathy

BC Bernhardt, T Singer - Annual review of neuroscience, 2012 - annualreviews.org
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 …

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 …

The amygdala as a hub in brain networks that support social life

KC Bickart, BC Dickerson, LF Barrett - Neuropsychologia, 2014 - Elsevier
A growing body of evidence suggests that the amygdala is central to handling the demands
of complex social life in primates. In this paper, we synthesize extant anatomical and …

[PDF][PDF] Neural responses to ingroup and outgroup members' suffering predict individual differences in costly helping

G Hein, G Silani, K Preuschoff, CD Batson, T Singer - Neuron, 2010 - cell.com
Little is known about the neurobiological mechanisms underlying prosocial decisions and
how they are modulated by social factors such as perceived group membership. The present …

[图书][B] The neuroscience of psychotherapy: Healing the social brain (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)

L Cozolino - 2017 - books.google.com
An update to the classic text that links neuroscience and human behavior in the context of
therapy. This groundbreaking book explores the recent revolution in psychotherapy that has …

[HTML][HTML] An fMRI study of affective perspective taking in individuals with psychopathy: imagining another in pain does not evoke empathy

J Decety, C Chen, C Harenski, KA Kiehl - Frontiers in human …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
While it is well established that individuals with psychopathy have a marked deficit in
affective arousal, emotional empathy, and caring for the well-being of others, the extent to …

[HTML][HTML] Putting together phylogenetic and ontogenetic perspectives on empathy

J Decety, M Svetlova - Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 2012 - Elsevier
The ontogeny of human empathy is better understood with reference to the evolutionary
history of the social brain. Empathy has deep evolutionary, biochemical, and neurological …

Theory of mind and empathy as multidimensional constructs: Neurological foundations

J Dvash, SG Shamay-Tsoory - Topics in Language Disorders, 2014 - journals.lww.com
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 …

Neuroimaging support for discrete neural correlates of basic emotions: a voxel-based meta-analysis

K Vytal, S Hamann - Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 2010 - direct.mit.edu
What is the basic structure of emotional experience and how is it represented in the human
brain? One highly influential theory, discrete basic emotions, proposes a limited set of basic …

[PDF][PDF] Racial bias reduces empathic sensorimotor resonance with other-race pain

A Avenanti, A Sirigu, SM Aglioti - Current biology, 2010 - cell.com
Although social psychology studies suggest that racism often manifests itself as a lack of
empathy [1, 2], ie, the ability to share and comprehend others' feelings and intentions [3–7] …