Emotion-specific clues to the neural substrate of empathy.

Atkinson, A.P.

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.

Citation

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
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x02240017