Yue Tong, Pan Weigang, Huang Xiting
Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Neuroreport. 2016 Apr 13;27(6):422-6. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000000557.
Although studies relating to positive empathy have received increased attention in recent years, no studies have been carried out to explore the neural basis of positive empathy. Using a voxel-based morphometry analysis, this study investigates the relationship between trait positive empathy (as measured by the Positive Empathy Scale) and its association with brain structure in 86 healthy college students. The results indicate that an individual's ability to show positive empathy is positively correlated with the volume of gray matter in the right insula, left anterior cingulate cortex, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and medial prefrontal cortex. It may be suggested that the differences between the abilities of emotion processing and regulating play important roles in shaping an individual's positive empathy traits from the perspective of brain morphometry.
尽管近年来与积极共情相关的研究受到了越来越多的关注，但尚未有研究探讨积极共情的神经基础。本研究采用基于体素的形态学分析方法，调查了86名健康大学生的特质积极共情（通过积极共情量表测量）与脑结构之间的关系。结果表明，个体表现出积极共情的能力与右侧脑岛、左侧前扣带回皮质、背外侧前额叶皮质和内侧前额叶皮质的灰质体积呈正相关。从脑形态学的角度来看，情绪处理和调节能力的差异可能在塑造个体的积极共情特质方面发挥重要作用。
