The balance between feeling and knowing: Affective and cognitive empathy are reflected in the brain's intrinsic functional dynamics

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 727-737

  Cox, Christine L ^a   Uddin, Lucina Q ^b   Di martino, Adriana ^a   Castellanos, F Xavier ^a,c   Milham, Michael P ^a,c   Kelly, Clare ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective empathy; Cognitive empathy; FMRI; Resting state functional connectivity; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865796809     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr051     Document Type: Article

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