The neuroscience of empathy and compassion in pro-social behavior

F Stevens, K Taber - Neuropsychologia, 2021 - Elsevier
Research in the scientific literature increasingly demonstrates that empathy consists of
multiple dimensions, and that defining empathy as a single encompassing term may be …

[HTML][HTML] The association between acute stress & empathy: A systematic literature review

JP Nitschke, JA Bartz - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Empathy is a fundamental component of our social-emotional experience. Over the last
decade, there has been increased interest in understanding the effects of acute stress on …

Building social cohesion in ethnically mixed schools: An intervention on perspective taking

S Alan, C Baysan, M Gumren… - The Quarterly Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We evaluate the effect of an educational program that aims to build social cohesion in
ethnically mixed schools by develo** perspective-taking ability in children. The program is …

Brain-to-brain mechanisms underlying pain empathy and social modulation of pain in the patient-clinician interaction

DM Ellingsen, K Isenburg, C Jung, J Lee… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Social interactions such as the patient–clinician encounter can influence pain, but the
underlying dynamic interbrain processes are unclear. Here, we investigated the dynamic …

Gender differences in empathy, compassion, and prosocial donations, but not theory of mind in a naturalistic social task

B McDonald, P Kanske - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Despite broad interest, experimental evidence for gender differences in social abilities
remains inconclusive. Two important factors may have limited previous results:(i) a lack of …

The genetic and environmental origins of emotional and cognitive empathy: Review and meta-analyses of twin studies

L Abramson, F Uzefovsky, V Toccaceli… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Empathy is considered a cornerstone of human social experience, and as such has been
widely investigated from psychological and neuroscientific approaches. To better …

Do I feel or do I know? Neuroimaging meta-analyses on the multiple facets of empathy

L Kogler, VI Müller, E Werminghausen, SB Eickhoff… - Cortex, 2020 - Elsevier
Empathy is a multidimensional construct including affective and cognitive components while
maintaining the distinction between one-self and others. Our meta-analyses focused on …

The effect of affect: An appraisal theory perspective on emotional engagement in narrative persuasion

A Hamby, N Jones - Journal of Advertising, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Most recent research examining the influence of story-based advertisements on persuasion
leverages theories of narrative and character involvement. These theories emphasize …

Shining a light on a hidden population: Social functioning and mental health in women reporting autistic traits but lacking diagnosis

HL Belcher, S Morein-Zamir, SD Stagg… - Journal of autism and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Female Phenotype Theory (FPT) suggests that autistic women often present with
less obvious social impairments than autistic men. We examined the possibility of an …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-network interactions in social cognition: a review of findings on task related brain activation and connectivity

M Schurz, L Maliske, P Kanske - cortex, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Theory of Mind, empathy, and action observation are central themes in social
neuroscience research. Meta-analyses of functional neuroimaging studies show substantial …