The empathic brain: how, when and why?

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 435-441

  de Vignemont, Frederique ^a   Singer, Tania ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RESPONSE; EPISTEMOLOGICAL ROLE; MODULATORY FACTORS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MOTIVATION; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

BRAIN;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COOPERATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; ENVIRONMENT; EPISTEMOLOGY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEORY;

AUTOMATISM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33748798763     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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