Chauhan Bina, Mathias Christopher J, Critchley Hugo D
Royal Free and University College London Medical School UCL, Gower Street London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Auton Neurosci. 2008 Jun;140(1-2):96-100. doi: 10.1016/j.autneu.2008.03.005. Epub 2008 Apr 28.
Empathy for the emotions of others may require simulatory engagement of corresponding autonomic arousal states. We tested the hypothesis that disruption of autonomic control impairs the ability to empathize emotionally with others. Fifteen patients with primary autonomic failure showed attenuated scores on the Mehrabian Balanced Emotional Empathy Scale (BEES), compared to both younger and older controls. This effect was not accounted for by age, gender, mood state or functional disability. These early observations provide preliminary evidence for a direct contribution of autonomic responsivity to the 'higher-order' social cognitive process of empathy, and may inform the dynamics of supportive care.
对他人情绪的同理心可能需要相应自主唤醒状态的模拟参与。我们检验了这样一个假设，即自主控制的破坏会损害对他人产生情感同理心的能力。与年轻和年长的对照组相比，15名原发性自主神经功能衰竭患者在梅拉比安平衡情绪同理心量表（BEES）上的得分较低。这种效应不受年龄、性别、情绪状态或功能残疾的影响。这些早期观察结果为自主反应性对同理心这一“高阶”社会认知过程的直接贡献提供了初步证据，并可能为支持性护理的动态过程提供参考。
