Lamm Claus, Rütgen Markus, Wagner Isabella C
Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit, Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Liebiggasse 5, 1010 Vienna, Austria.
Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit, Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Liebiggasse 5, 1010 Vienna, Austria.
Neurosci Lett. 2019 Feb 6;693:49-53. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.06.054. Epub 2017 Jun 29.
Empathy is a multi-faceted construct with important implications for social behavior. Based on a selective review of the neuroscientific evidence collected in humans, the present paper discusses the neural representations underlying affect sharing, its relation to mentalizing, the importance of self-other distinction, the distinction between empathy, sympathy and compassion, and how these phenomena are linked to prosocial behavior. Apart from reviewing the literature, we also highlight open questions and how they might be addressed by a research approach that tries to integrate across these diverse constructs.
共情是一个多方面的概念，对社会行为具有重要影响。基于对人类神经科学证据的选择性回顾，本文讨论了情感共享背后的神经表征、其与心理理论的关系、自我与他人区分的重要性、共情、同情和怜悯之间的区别，以及这些现象如何与亲社会行为相联系。除了回顾文献外，我们还强调了开放性问题，以及试图整合这些不同概念的研究方法如何解决这些问题。
