Individual differences in empathy are associated with apathy-motivation

Abstract Empathy - the capacity to understand and resonate with the experiences of other people - is considered an essential aspect of social cognition. However, although empathy is often thought to be automatic, recent theories have argued that there is a key role for motivation in modulating empat...

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Hauptverfasser: Patricia L. Lockwood, Yuen-Siang Ang, Masud Husain, Molly J. Crockett
Format: Artikel
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Nature Portfolio 2017-12-01
Schriftenreihe:Scientific Reports
Online Zugang:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17415-w