Evidence of stimulus correlated empathy modes – Group ICA of fMRI data

Vemuri, Kavita; Surampudi, Bapi Raju

doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2014.12.006

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“…Several studies comparing empathic reactions, measured as the brain activity in subjects observing painful situations in photographs and cartoons, concluded that the neural activity linked to empathy for pain decreased when the reality of the painful stimuli was reduced by presenting painful stimulation in cartoon form (Han et al, 2005 ; Gu and Han, 2007 ). Similar results were recently obtained for moving images, where neuronal correlates of emotional empathy were observed in (viewers of) live-action movies, but not in (viewers of) animated movies (Vemuri and Surampudi, 2015 ). Further elucidating the relationship between the behavioral and neuronal indices of empathic response to the image and the reality effect subjectively perceived by the viewer clearly remains a major goal for future research.…”

Section: The Role Of the Representational Medium And The Reality-effesupporting

confidence: 87%

Empathy-Related Responses to Depicted People in Art Works

Kesner

Horáček

2017

Front. Psychol.

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Existing theories of empathic response to visual art works postulate the primacy of automatic embodied reaction to images based on mirror neuron mechanisms. Arguing for a more inclusive concept of empathy-related response and integrating four distinct bodies of literature, we discuss contextual, and personal factors which modulate empathic response to depicted people. We then present an integrative model of empathy-related responses to depicted people in art works. The model assumes that a response to empathy-eliciting figural artworks engages the dynamic interaction of two mutually interlinked sets of processes: socio-affective/cognitive processing, related to the person perception, and esthetic processing, primarily concerned with esthetic appreciation and judgment and attention to non-social aspects of the image. The model predicts that the specific pattern of interaction between empathy-related and esthetic processing is co-determined by several sets of factors: (i) the viewer's individual characteristics, (ii) the context variables (which include various modes of priming by narratives and other images), (iii) multidimensional features of the image, and (iv) aspects of a viewer's response. Finally we propose that the model is implemented by the interaction of functionally connected brain networks involved in socio-cognitive and esthetic processing.

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Section: The Role Of the Representational Medium And The Reality-effesupporting

confidence: 87%

Empathy-Related Responses to Depicted People in Art Works

Kesner

Horáček

2017

Front. Psychol.

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“…En efecto, el cuidado en salud del adulto mayor ha sido históricamente prevalente en la población femenina, principalmente en el ambiente domiciliar y en las instituciones filantrópicas donde predomina su presencia. Estudios en el campo de la neurociencia social también vienen preocupándose por ofrecer posibles respuestas al nivel de activación cerebral, investigando correlaciones entre el género y el hemisferio derecho, advirtiendo mayor respuesta en el sexo femenino a estímulos empáticos (19,20).…”

Section: Ser Empático No Significa Ser Simpático: Empatía ≠ Simpatíaunclassified

Entre lo que se dice y lo que se calla: visitando el concepto de empatía en la atención integral a la salud del adulto mayor

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La atención integral a la salud del adulto mayor es considerada una de las tareas más dinámicas y complejas para los sistemas públicos de salud y de asistencia social. Esta revisión narrativa constituye un ensayo crítico-analítico, de reflexión gerontológica sobre la práctica empática en la producción de actos de salud direccionados a resolver los problemas socio-sanitarios del segmento poblacional envejecido. Con tal visión, se propone una comprensión conceptual y práctica de la empatía, a través de la identificación de sus potencialidades y limitaciones en el contexto de la clínica geriátrica-gerontológica. Comprehensive health care for older adults is considered one of the most dynamic and complex tasks for public health and social care systems. This narrative review constitutes a critical-analytical essay of gerontological reflection on the empathic practice in the production of health acts aimed at solving the socio-health problems of the aging population segment. With such view, a conceptual and practical understanding of empathy is proposed, through the identification of its potentialities and limitations in the context of the geriatric-gerontological clinic. A atenção integral à saúde do idoso é uma das tarefas mais dinâmicas e complexas dos sistemas de saúde pública e de assistência social. Esta revisão narrativa constitui um ensaio crítico-analítico, de reflexão gerontológica sobre a prática empática na produção de atos de saúde dirigidos a resolver os problemas sócio-sanitários do segmento populacional envelhecido. Com tal visão, propõe-se uma compreensão conceitual e prática da empatia, através da identificação das suas potencialidades e limitações no contexto da clínica geriátrico-gerontológica.

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“…In addition, the inferior frontal gyrus of imprisoned psychopaths is less activated by a theory-of-mind task 93 . There is already some evidence that subjects show different functional responses in their emotional empathy while watching computer-generated actors compared to actors in live-action movies 94 . A metaanalysis consisting of 31 functional (and 12 structural) studies 95 came to the result that antisocial individuals have functional deficits in the right orbitofrontal, the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and the right anterior cingulate cortex, and this effect persisted regardless of whether the subjects had to perform a cognitive or emotional task.…”

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confidence: 99%

Brain alterations potentially associated with aggression and terrorism

Bogerts¹,

Schöne²,

Breitschuh³

2017

CNS Spectr.

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A large proportion of the persons who join terrorist groups as well as lone-acting terrorists have a history of violent behavior or mental disorder that predated their becoming terrorists. This suggests that brain alterations found to occur in violent perpetrators may also be present in a significant percentage of terrorists. After a short delineation of phylogenetically old neuronal networks that are important for the generation of aggressive behavior in inconspicuous brains, this review summarizes structural and functional brain-imaging studies in violent offenders published over the last 10 years. Depending on the subtype of violence (impulsive or instrumental), deviations in structure or function were mainly found in the prefrontal, orbitofrontal, and insular cortex, as well as in temporolimbic structures (e.g., the amygdala, hippocampus, and parahippocampus). These brain areas are essentially responsible for the control of the archaic neuronal generators of aggression located in the hypothalamus and limbic system. This regional distribution of brain alterations also shows a remarkable overlap with those brain regions that are crucial for such prosocial traits as empathy and compassion. Feelings of superiority, dominance, and satisfaction gained by performing violent and terroristic attacks suggest that a hedonistic component via an activation of brain reward systems plays an additional role. In our current debate about the causes of terrorism, aspects of brain dysfunction should receive more attention.

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Evidence of stimulus correlated empathy modes – Group ICA of fMRI data

Cited by 6 publications

References 53 publications

Empathy-Related Responses to Depicted People in Art Works

Empathy-Related Responses to Depicted People in Art Works

Entre lo que se dice y lo que se calla: visitando el concepto de empatía en la atención integral a la salud del adulto mayor

Brain alterations potentially associated with aggression and terrorism

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