Empathy is an essential component of our social lives, allowing us to understand and share other people's affective and sensory states, including pain. Evidence suggests a core neural network—including anterior insula (AI) and mid-cingulate cortex (MCC ...
Inge Timmers +6 more
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Theory of Mind and Empathy in Adults With Epilepsy: A Meta-Analysis
Mounting evidence suggests that social cognitive abilities [including theory of mind (ToM) and empathy] are impaired in adult patients with epilepsy. Although the deficits in overall ToM in epilepsy have been documented well, the effects of epilepsy on ...
HongZhou Wang +7 more
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Psychometric properties of Basic Empathy Scale among female juvenile delinquents and school youths [PDF]
Research on empathy often distinguishes between affective and cognitive empathy, but there is limited knowledge regarding the application or measurement of these two dimensions of empathy among female youth, especially forensic samples of female youth ...
Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa +3 more
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Autism as a Disorder of Affective Empathy
Since the first description by Leo Kanner, individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been attributed a reduced empathy. However, it has not yet been clarified how empathy is specifically impaired in autism. Typically, scholars distinguish between the affective and the cognitive dimensions of empathy.
Tim, Schnitzler, Thomas, Fuchs
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Empathy: an essential element of legal practice or ‘never the twain shall meet’? [PDF]
In a climate where the work of the legal profession is changing and evolving rapidly, this article considers the potential for empathy to be incorporated as an essential element of legal practice. This challenges the conceptions of legal practice held by
Jones, Emma, Westaby, Chalen
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Right Temporoparietal Junction Involvement in Autonomic Responses to the Suffering of Others: A Preliminary Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study. [PDF]
Functional neuroimaging studies have emphasized distinct networks for social cognition and affective aspects of empathy. However, studies have not considered whether substrates of social cognition, such as the right temporoparietal junction (TPJ), play a
Hastings, Paul D +2 more
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Distinct profiles of reactive and proactive aggression in adolescents : associations with cognitive and affective empathy [PDF]
Background: Aggression comprises a heterogeneous set of behavioral patterns that aim to harm and hurt others. Empathy represents a potential mechanism that inhibits aggressive conduct and enhances prosocial behavior. Nevertheless, research results on the
Euler, Felix +2 more
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Affective empathy in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis [PDF]
Affective empathy, or the emotional response one has to the experiences or emotional states of others, contributes to relationship-maintaining behaviors and is key in fostering social connections, yet no work has synthesized the body of literature for people with schizophrenia.
Bonfils, Kelsey A. +3 more
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Theory of Mind and Empathy in Preclinical and Clinical Huntington's Disease [PDF]
We investigated cognitive and affective Theory of Mind (ToM) and empathy in patients with premanifest and manifest Huntington\u27s disease (HD). The relation between ToM performance and executive skills was also examined.
A. Prudean +8 more
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Affective empathy in non-cooperative games [PDF]
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Vásquez, Jorge, Weretka, Marek
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