Individual differences in empathy are associated with apathy-motivation
Abstract Empathy - the capacity to understand and resonate with the experiences of other people - is considered an essential aspect of social cognition. However, although empathy is often thought to be automatic, recent theories have argued that there is a key role for motivation in modulating empat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-12-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17415-w |