Not as good as you think? Trait positive emotion is associated with increased self-reported empathy but decreased empathic performance.

How is positive emotion associated with our ability to empathize with others? Extant research provides support for two competing predictions about this question. An empathy amplification hypothesis suggests positive emotion would be associated with greater empathy, as it often enhances other prosoci...

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Main Authors: Hillary C Devlin, Jamil Zaki, Desmond C Ong, June Gruber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4212943?pdf=render