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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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] …

Empathy is thought to play a key role in motivating prosocial behavior, guiding our
preferences and behavioral responses, and providing the affective and motivational base for …

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 …

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 …