Highlights•Pathological narcissism manifests in narcissistic grandiosity and
vulnerability.•Broad agreement exists that grandiosity reflects unique aspects narcissism.• …

Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is associated with an assortment of characteristics
that undermine interpersonal functioning. A lack of empathy is often cited as the primary …

Reflective functioning or mentalizing is the capacity to interpret both the self and others in
terms of internal mental states such as feelings, wishes, goals, desires, and attitudes. This …

Affective empathy (AE) is distinguished clinically and neurally from cognitive empathy (CE).
While AE is selectively disrupted in psychopathy, autism is associated with deficits in CE …

Empathy is an essential component of human social life. It requires the ability to understand
another's mental state and respond with an appropriate emotion or action. Individuals with …

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe psychiatric condition of undetermined
brain underpinnings, which involves profound emotion regulation deficits and interpersonal …

Despite advances in the conceptualisation of facial mimicry, its role in the processing of
social information is a matter of debate. In the present study, we investigated the relationship …

Aggressive, violent behaviour is a major burden and challenge for society. It has been linked
to deficits in social understanding, but the evidence is inconsistent and the specifics of such …

In this theoretical article, we link literature from different disciplines such as the
neurosciences and psychology, dance/movement therapy, dance studies, and philosophy …

Patients with personality disorders need targeted treatments which are able to deal with the
specific aspects of the core pathology and to tackle the challenges they present to the …