Friend vs. Foe: Cognitive and Affective Empathy in Women With Different Hormonal States

Empathy is crucial for social functioning as well as social coherence. It can be influenced by modulatory factors such as familiarity and liking (i.e., emotional closeness). Furthermore, there are first hints that hormonal status may modulate affective but not cognitive empathy in women. The aim of...

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Main Authors: Ann-Christin Sophie Kimmig, Dirk Wildgruber, Sina-Maria Ute Wendel, Inger Sundström-Poromaa, Birgit Derntl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.608768/full