How we empathize with others: A neurobiological perspective

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-24

  Jankowiak Siuda, Kamila ^a   Rymarczyk, Krystyna ^b   Grabowska, Anna ^a,b  

^a SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Anterior insula; Empathy; Mirror neurons; Perspective taking; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMPATHY; GUSTATORY CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; EMOTION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; MIRROR NEURON SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROBIOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND; BRAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

BRAIN; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 78751538679     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/msm.881324     Document Type: Article

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