Towards a neuroscience of empathy: Ontogeny, phylogeny, brain mechanisms, context and psychopathology

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1537-1548

  Gonzalez Liencres, Cristina ^a,b   Shamay Tsoory, Simone G ^c   Brüne, Martin ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain mechanisms; Context; Empathy; Envy; Evolution; Oxytocin; Psychopathology; Schadenfreude

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; DOPAMINE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OPIATE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN;

AFFECT; ALTRUISM; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE EMPATHY DEFICIT DISORDER; COMPETITION; COOPERATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL EMPATHY DEFICIT DISORDER; EMPATHY; ENVY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENERAL EMPATHY DEFICIT DISORDER; GLOATING; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; KIN SELECTION; MENTAL DISEASE; MESENCEPHALON; MOOD CHANGE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

BRAIN MECHANISMS; CONTEXT; EMPATHY; ENVY; EVOLUTION; OXYTOCIN; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SCHADENFREUDE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; HUMANS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OXYTOCIN; PHYLOGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84880014776     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.05.001     Document Type: Review

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