Can we share the joy of others? Empathic neural responses to distress vs joy

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 909-916

  Perry, Daniella ^a   Hendler, Talma ^b,c   Shamay Tsoory, Simone G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Distress; Empathy; Joy; Medial prefrontal cortex; Social neuroscience

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN;

EID: 84870202186     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr073     Document Type: Article

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