Toward a cross-species understanding of empathy

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 489-496

  Panksepp, Jaak ^a   Panksepp, Jules B ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective neuroscience; Anterior cingulate cortex; Contagion; Emotion; Reciprocity; Rodent; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; AROUSAL; BRAIN; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); COGNITION; CONNECTOME; CREATIVITY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMPATHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GESTURE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LATERAL AMYGDALA; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIALIZATION; SPECIES; THINKING; VOCALIZATION;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; CONTAGION; EMOTION; RECIPROCITY; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84881022006     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2013.04.009     Document Type: Review

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