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The anatomy of empathy: Vicarious experience and disorders of social cognition

The anatomy of empathy: Vicarious experience and disorders of social cognition

Behav Brain Res. 2016 Sep 15; 311: 255–266. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.05.048 PMCID: PMC4942880 PMID: 27235714 Patricia L. Lockwood Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Empathy, the ability to vicariously experience and to understand the affect of other people, is fundamental for successful social-cognitive ability and behaviour. Empathy is thought to be a critical facilitator of prosocial behaviour and is disrupted in a number of psychiatric and neurological disorders….

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Psychopathy and Facial Expressions of Emotions: Processing, Recognizing and Mimicking

Psychopathy and Facial Expressions of Emotions: Processing, Recognizing and Mimicking

Author: Linda Jütten Supervisor: Anton van Boxtel Bachelor thesis in cognitive neuroscience Department Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Section Cognitive Neuroscience, Tilburg University May 2012   Abstract Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterized by several persistent symptoms including problems in interpersonal relations, empathy and emotional functioning. The purpose of this review is examining whether psychopaths emotionally react to and process facial expressions of emotions in the same way as other people and which brain circuits are predominantly involved. The main question…

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Antisocial Personality Disorders

Antisocial Personality Disorders

  Glenn, A.L. & Raine, A. (2011). Antisocial Personality Disorders. In J. Decety & J. Cacioppo (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Social Neuroscience (pp. 885-894). New York: Oxford University Press.     Antisocial Personality Disorders Andrea L. Glenn1  & Adrian Raine2 1Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 3720 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States 2Departments of Criminology, Psychiatry, and Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 3720 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States   Abstract Neuroscience research is beginning to uncover…

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