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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Main Authors: Patricia L. Lockwood, Yuen-Siang Ang, Masud Husain, Molly J. Crockett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17415-w