Self-oriented affective empathy is associated with increased negative affect [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAn increasing body of research suggests that empathic traits at high levels may predict negative affectivity. Here, we investigate the combinatory and differential role of affective (personal distress, empathic concern) and cognitive (perspective taking)
Mareike J. Hülsemann +16 more
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Brain-Inspired Affective Empathy Computational Model and Its Application on Altruistic Rescue Task [PDF]
Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 2022 Affective empathy is an indispensable ability for humans and other species' harmonious social lives, motivating altruistic behavior, such as consolation and aid-giving.
Hui Feng +6 more
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The Association Between Emotion Recognition, Affective Empathy, and Structural Connectivity in Schizophrenia Patients [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 IntroductionEmotion processing deficits often occur in patients with schizophrenia. We investigate whether patients and controls differ in the association between facial emotion recognition and experience of affective empathy and whether performance on ...
Martijn G. J. C. Koevoets +7 more
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Friend vs. Foe: Cognitive and Affective Empathy in Women With Different Hormonal States [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 Empathy is crucial for social functioning as well as social coherence. It can be influenced by modulatory factors such as familiarity and liking (i.e., emotional closeness).
Ann-Christin Sophie Kimmig +7 more
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Cognitive and affective empathy in men with alcohol dependence: Relation with clinical profile, abstinence, and motivation [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2021 Background: Empathy plays a role not only in pathophysiology but also in planning management strategies for alcohol dependence; however, few studies have looked into it.
Hrishikesh Bipin Nachane +2 more
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The Dark and Light Sides of Empathy: The Clinical Relevance of the Assessment of Cognitive and Affective Empathy Across Negative and Positive Emotions [PDF]
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and EducationIs empathy a “double-edged sword”? This study aimed to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the multidimensional empathy construct in the statistical prediction of negative and positive mental health outcomes.
Paweł Larionow
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Testosterone administration does not alter the brain activity supporting cognitive and affective empathy [PDF]
Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2022 Although there is evidence that testosterone has deteriorating effects on cognitive and affective empathy, whether testosterone administration influences both routes to understanding others has not yet been simultaneously investigated.We conducted a ...
Andrei Alexandru Puiu +3 more
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The impact of anxiety on affective and cognitive empathy.
PLoS ONEExisting evidence about the way anxiety impacts empathy is mixed, highlighting the complexity of empathy as a construct. The impact of state anxiety on affective and cognitive empathy in women was tested.
Manjeet Susch, Andrew D R Surtees
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The Influence of Affective Empathy on Online News Belief: The Moderated Mediation of State Empathy and News Type [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesThe belief in online news has become a topical issue. Previous studies demonstrated the role emotion plays in fake news vulnerability. However, few studies have explored the effect of empathy on online news belief.
Yifan Yu +5 more
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Measuring cognitive and affective empathy across positive and negative emotions: psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the Perth Empathy Scale [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryIntroductionEmpathy, a complex and multidimensional construct essential for social functioning and mental health, has been extensively studied in both research and clinical settings. The Perth Empathy Scale (PES), a recently developed self-report measure,
Arezou Lashkari +4 more
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