The Neural Bases for Empathy

Oxytocin Enhances Amygdala-Dependent, Socially Reinforced Learning and Emotional Empathy in Humans

(2010) R. Hurlemann et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Physicians down-regulate their pain empathy response: An event-related brain potential study

(2010) Jean Decety et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Dopaminergic functioning and preschoolers’ theory of mind

(2010) Christine L. Lackner et al.   NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA

Double dissociation between cognitive and affective empathy in borderline personality disorder

(2010) Hagai Harari et al.   PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

Autism: The Empathizing-Systemizing (E-S) Theory

(2009) Simon Baron-Cohen   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Atypical neural self-representation in autism

(2009) M. V. Lombardo et al.   BRAIN

Dissociating cognitive from affective theory of mind: A TMS study

(2009) Elke Kalbe et al.   CORTEX

Common and Unique Neural Correlates of Autobiographical Memory and Theory of Mind

(2009) Jennifer S. Rabin et al.   JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

The Blame Game: The Effect of Responsibility and Social Stigma on Empathy for Pain

(2009) Jean Decety et al.   JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Do You Feel My Pain? Racial Group Membership Modulates Empathic Neural Responses

(2009) X. Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Understanding others' actions and goals by mirror and mentalizing systems: A meta-analysis

(2009) Frank Van Overwalle et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Self-reflection and the brain: A theoretical review and meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies with implications for schizophrenia

(2009) Lisette van der Meer et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Unconscious affective processing and empathy: An investigation of subliminal priming on the detection of painful facial expressions

(2009) Makiko Yamada et al.   PAIN

Inferences about mental states

(2009) J. P. Mitchell   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mirror neurons and their clinical relevance

(2009) Giacomo Rizzolatti et al.   Nature clinical practice. Neurology

Two systems for empathy: a double dissociation between emotional and cognitive empathy in inferior frontal gyrus versus ventromedial prefrontal lesions

(2008) Simone G. Shamay-Tsoory et al.   BRAIN

Action Understanding: How, What and Why

(2008) Marc Thioux et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Are there theory of mind regions in the brain? A review of the neuroimaging literature

(2008) Sarah J. Carrington et al.   HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING

Is emotional contagion special? An fMRI study on neural systems for affective and cognitive empathy

(2008) Lauri Nummenmaa et al.   NEUROIMAGE

The role of social cognition in decision making

(2008) C. D Frith et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Does the chimpanzee have a theory of mind? 30 years later

(2008) Josep Call et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Putting the Altruism Back into Altruism: The Evolution of Empathy

(2007) Frans B.M. de Waal   Annual Review of Psychology