Macro- and micro-structural cerebellar and cortical characteristics of cognitive empathy towards fictional characters in healthy individuals

Abstract Few investigations have analyzed the neuroanatomical substrate of empathic capacities in healthy subjects, and most of them have neglected the potential involvement of cerebellar structures. The main aim of the present study was to investigate the associations between bilateral cerebellar m...

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Main Authors: Eleonora Picerni, Daniela Laricchiuta, Fabrizio Piras, Daniela Vecchio, Laura Petrosini, Debora Cutuli, Gianfranco Spalletta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87861-0