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Emotion-specific clues to the neural substrate of empathy.

Atkinson, A.P.

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Abstract

Research only alluded to by Preston & de Waal (P&deW) indicates the disproportionate involvement of some brain regions in the perception and experience of certain emotions. This suggests that the neural substrate of primitive emotional contagion has some emotion-specific aspects, even if cognitively sophisticated forms of empathy do not. Goals for future research include determining the ways in which empathy is emotion-specific and dependent on overt or covert perception.

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Atkinson, A. (2002). Emotion-specific clues to the neural substrate of empathy. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 25(1), https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x02240017

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2002
Journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Print ISSN 0140-525X
Electronic ISSN 1469-1825
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Volume 25
Issue 1
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x02240017
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1597913