Boch Magdalena, Lamm Claus
Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit, Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods,University of Vienna, Austria.
Anim Sentience. 2017;14:082. doi: 10.51291/2377-7478.1278.
We discuss the definition of empathy provided by Kujala (2017) and argue that research in this field, in assigning the cognitive component of empathy only a secondary role, misses crucial information. Further knowledge about dogs' ability for higher cognitive processes helps (a) in interpreting results such as potential prosocial behavior in dogs and (b) sheds light on the question of whether abilities like perspective-taking and self-other distinction are uniquely human.
我们讨论了库亚拉（2017年）给出的共情定义，并认为该领域的研究仅将共情的认知成分视为次要角色，从而遗漏了关键信息。关于狗进行更高层次认知过程能力的进一步了解有助于：（a）解读诸如狗的潜在亲社会行为等结果；（b）阐明诸如换位思考和自我与他人区分等能力是否为人类所独有的问题。
