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Emotion-specific clues to the neural substrate of empathy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2003

Anthony P. Atkinson
Anthony P. Atkinson
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, King Alfred's College Winchester, Winchester, SO22 4NR, United KingdomA.Atkinson@wkac.ac.uk http://www.wkac.ac.uk/psychology/staff/atkinson.htm
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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.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 22 - 23
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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