Mammalian empathy: behavioural manifestations and neural basis

FBM De Waal, SD Preston - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Recent research on empathy in humans and other mammals seeks to dissociate emotional
and cognitive empathy. These forms, however, remain interconnected in evolution, across …

Sex and gender differences in the development of empathy

MJ Rochat - Journal of neuroscience research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The topic of typical sex and gender difference in empathy is examined in both a
developmental and neuroscientific perspective. Empathy is construed as a multi‐layered …

Preventing antisocial robots: A pathway to artificial empathy

L Christov-Moore, N Reggente, A Vaccaro… - Science Robotics, 2023 - science.org
Given the accelerating powers of artificial intelligence (AI), we must equip artificial agents
and robots with empathy to prevent harmful and irreversible decisions. Current approaches …

A meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies on pain empathy: investigating the role of visual information and observers' perspective

J Jauniaux, A Khatibi, P Rainville… - Social cognitive and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Empathy relies on brain systems that support the interaction between an observer's mental
state and cues about the others' experience. Beyond the core brain areas typically activated …

[HTML][HTML] From neurons to social beings: short review of the mirror neuron system research and its socio-psychological and psychiatric implications

H Jeon, SH Lee - Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The mirror neuron system (MNS) is a brain network activated when we move our body parts
and when we observe the actions of other agent. Since the mirror neuron's discovery in …

Increased neural responses to empathy for pain might explain how acute stress increases prosociality

L Tomova, J Majdandžić, A Hummer… - Social cognitive and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Recent behavioral investigations suggest that acute stress can increase prosocial behavior.
Here, we investigated whether increased empathy represents a potential mechanism for this …

Psychopathy to altruism: Neurobiology of the selfish–selfless spectrum

JWH Sonne, DM Gash - Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The age-old philosophical, biological, and social debate over the basic nature of humans as
being “universally selfish” or “universally good” continues today highlighting sharply …

Neurophysiological effects of trait empathy in music listening

Z Wallmark, C Deblieck, M Iacoboni - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The social cognitive basis of music processing has long been noted, and recent research
has shown that trait empathy is linked to musical preferences and listening style. Does …

Feeling their pain: affective empathy and public preferences for foreign development aid

AB Bayram, M Holmes - European Journal of International …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Bringing together psychological approaches to empathy with research on public preferences
for foreign development aid, we shed light on the role empathy plays in global helping …

The causal role of the somatosensory cortex in prosocial behaviour

S Gallo, R Paracampo, L Müller-Pinzler, MC Severo… - elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Witnessing another person's suffering elicits vicarious brain activity in areas that are active
when we ourselves are in pain. Whether this activity influences prosocial behavior remains …