The Neurodevelopment of Empathy in Humans

Empathy, which implies a shared interpersonal experience, is implicated in many aspects of social cognition, notably prosocial behavior, morality and the regulation of aggression. The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the current knowledge in developmental and affective neuroscience wit...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Developmental neuroscience Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 257 - 267
Main Author:	Decety, Jean
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2010
Subjects:	Animals Brain - growth & development Empathy - physiology Humans Mini Review Stress, Physiological Orbitofrontal cortex Affective neuroscience Amygdala Neurodevelopment Empathy Theory of mind Ventromedial prefrontal cortex
ISSN:	0378-5866, 1421-9859, 1421-9859
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!