Neuropsychological Approach to the Empathy Construct: Cognitive and Neuroanatomical Aspects
Multidimensional models define Empathy as a construct that includes both affective (AE; affective empathy) and cognitive (CE; cognitive empathy) components. The aim of the present work is to present the ‘state-of-the-art’ regarding the association between Empathy and Executive Functions (EF) and to...
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doaj-7fcad687a0104a7fb0a5d490d83cb3842020-11-24T21:39:15ZengCAENCuadernos de Neuropsicologia0718-41232012-07-01616383Neuropsychological Approach to the Empathy Construct: Cognitive and Neuroanatomical AspectsVanessa Arán FilippettiMariana B. LópezMaría Cristina RichaudMultidimensional models define Empathy as a construct that includes both affective (AE; affective empathy) and cognitive (CE; cognitive empathy) components. The aim of the present work is to present the ‘state-of-the-art’ regarding the association between Empathy and Executive Functions (EF) and to propose an integration of the ideas in this respect. To this end, a conceptual framework is adopted and a number of studies which conceive AE and CE as complementary but differentiated components from either a functional and a neurobiological point of view are thoroughly revised; the two components would be jointly activated during social interaction, but they might act separately as evident, for instance, in cerebral damage and in Psychopathology. From a multidimensional perspective, the relation Empathy - EF could be explain from the relation CE/Theory of Mind - EF, as well as by means of a model that acknowledge the influence of top-down processes - across executive functions - during the empathic process. Adopting a multidimensional view of Empathy is not only relevant from a functional point of view, but also for the diagnosis, assessment and comprehension of the empathic deficit in the neurological and psychiatric clinic.http://www.neuropsicologia.cl/cnps/index.php/cnps/article/view/103Cognitive EmpathyAffective EmpathyTheory of MindExecutive FunctionsNeuroanatomical SubstratesEmpathic Dysfunction |
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Vanessa Arán Filippetti Mariana B. López María Cristina Richaud Neuropsychological Approach to the Empathy Construct: Cognitive and Neuroanatomical Aspects Cuadernos de Neuropsicologia Cognitive Empathy Affective Empathy Theory of Mind Executive Functions Neuroanatomical Substrates Empathic Dysfunction |
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Vanessa Arán Filippetti Mariana B. López María Cristina Richaud |
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Vanessa Arán Filippetti |
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Neuropsychological Approach to the Empathy Construct: Cognitive and Neuroanatomical Aspects |
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Neuropsychological Approach to the Empathy Construct: Cognitive and Neuroanatomical Aspects |
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Neuropsychological Approach to the Empathy Construct: Cognitive and Neuroanatomical Aspects |
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Neuropsychological Approach to the Empathy Construct: Cognitive and Neuroanatomical Aspects |
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Neuropsychological Approach to the Empathy Construct: Cognitive and Neuroanatomical Aspects |
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neuropsychological approach to the empathy construct: cognitive and neuroanatomical aspects |
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Cuadernos de Neuropsicologia |
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Multidimensional models define Empathy as a construct that includes both affective (AE; affective empathy) and cognitive (CE; cognitive empathy) components. The aim of the present work is to present the ‘state-of-the-art’ regarding the association between Empathy and Executive Functions (EF) and to propose an integration of the ideas in this respect. To this end, a conceptual framework is adopted and a number of studies which conceive AE and CE as complementary but differentiated components from either a functional and a neurobiological point of view are thoroughly revised; the two components would be jointly activated during social interaction, but they might act separately as evident, for instance, in cerebral damage and in Psychopathology. From a multidimensional perspective, the relation Empathy - EF could be explain from the relation CE/Theory of Mind - EF, as well as by means of a model that acknowledge the influence of top-down processes - across executive functions - during the empathic process. Adopting a multidimensional view of Empathy is not only relevant from a functional point of view, but also for the diagnosis, assessment and comprehension of the empathic deficit in the neurological and psychiatric clinic. |
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Cognitive Empathy Affective Empathy Theory of Mind Executive Functions Neuroanatomical Substrates Empathic Dysfunction |
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http://www.neuropsicologia.cl/cnps/index.php/cnps/article/view/103 |
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