Empathy is not in our genes

C Heyes - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
In academic and public life empathy is seen as a fundamental force of morality–a
psychological phenomenon, rooted in biology, with profound effects in law, policy, and …

Challenges in the comparative study of empathy and related phenomena in animals

JEC Adriaense, SE Koski, L Huber, C Lamm - … & biobehavioral reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this review is to discuss recent arguments and findings in the comparative study
of empathy. Based on a multidisciplinary approach including psychology and ethology, we …

Chatbot as an emergency exist: Mediated empathy for resilience via human-AI interaction during the COVID-19 pandemic

Q Jiang, Y Zhang, W Pian - Information processing & management, 2022 - Elsevier
As a global health crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic has also made heavy mental and
emotional tolls become shared experiences of global communities, especially among …

Interspecies transmission of emotional information via chemosignals: from humans to dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)

B D'Aniello, GR Semin, A Alterisio, M Aria, A Scandurra - Animal cognition, 2018 - Springer
We report a study examining interspecies emotion transfer via body odors (chemosignals).
Do human body odors (chemosignals) produced under emotional conditions of happiness …

The contagion of social defeat stress: Insights from rodent studies

L Carnevali, N Montano, E Tobaldini, JF Thayer… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Stressful experiences can be transmitted among individuals through social interactions. Like
humans, rodents are social creatures whose behavior and physiology can be influenced by …

Emotional contagion in nonhuman animals: A review

A Pérez‐Manrique, A Gomila - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Emotional contagion, the emotional state‐matching of an individual with another, seems to
be crucial for many social species. In recent years evidence on emotional contagion in …

Cognition and the human–animal relationship: a review of the sociocognitive skills of domestic mammals toward humans

P Jardat, L Lansade - Animal Cognition, 2022 - Springer
In the past 20 years, research focusing on interspecific sociocognitive abilities of animals
toward humans has been growing, allowing a better understanding of the interactions …

How dogs perceive humans and how humans should treat their pet dogs: Linking cognition with ethics

J Benz-Schwarzburg, S Monsó, L Huber - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Humans interact with animals in numerous ways and on numerous levels. We are indeed
living in an “animal” s world,'in the sense that our lives are very much intertwined with the …

Dog–owner relationship, owner interpretations and dog personality are connected with the emotional reactivity of dogs

S Somppi, H Törnqvist, A Koskela, A Vehkaoja, K Tiira… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The relationship between owner and the dog affects the dog's attachment
behaviors and stress co**. In turn, the quality of the relationship may affect owner's …

Vocal contagion of emotions in non-human animals

EF Briefer - Proceedings of the Royal Society B …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Communicating emotions to conspecifics (emotion expression) allows the regulation of
social interactions (eg approach and avoidance). Moreover, when emotions are transmitted …