The neuroscience of empathy–from past to present and future

How do you feel — now? The anterior insula and human awareness

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Empathy for Pain Involves the Affective but not Sensory Components of Pain

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The functional architecture of human empathy

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Meta-analytic evidence for common and distinct neural networks associated with directly experienced pain and empathy for pain

Lamm, C., Decety, J., & Singer, T. (2011) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.10.014 · Cited by 2,016 · see citing works

Two systems for empathy: a double dissociation between emotional and cognitive empathy in inferior frontal gyrus versus ventromedial prefrontal lesions

Shamay-Tsoory, S. G., Aharon-Peretz, J., & Perry, D. (2009) · Brain · doi:10.1093/brain/awn279 · Cited by 1,544 · see citing works

Toward a second-person neuroscience

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Empathy and compassion

Singer, T., & Klimecki, O. M. (2014) · Current Biology · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.054 · Cited by 1,254 · see citing works

Somatosensation in social perception

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Oxytocin enhances amygdala-dependent, socially reinforced learning and emotional empathy in humans

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The Social Neuroscience of Empathy

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I feel how you feel but not always: the empathic brain and its modulation

Hein, G., & Singer, T. (2008) · Current Opinion in Neurobiology · doi:10.1016/j.conb.2008.07.012 · Cited by 607 · see citing works

Social neuroscience and hyperscanning techniques: past, present and future.

Babiloni, F., & Astolfi, L. (2014) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.07.006 · Cited by 573 · see citing works

Empathy in Clinical Practice: How Individual Dispositions, Gender, and Experience Moderate Empathic Concern, Burnout, and Emotional Distress in Physicians

Gleichgerrcht, E. L., & Jean Decety, A. (2013) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061526 · Cited by 549 · see citing works

Auditory affective agnosia. Disturbed comprehension of affective speech.

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Empathic Responding: Sympathy and Personal Distress

Eisenberg, N., & Eggum, N. D. (2009) · The MIT Press eBooks · doi:10.7551/mitpress/9780262012973.003.0007 · Cited by 459 · see citing works

Brain-to-brain coupling during handholding is associated with pain reduction

Goldstein, P., Weissman-Fogel, I., Dumas, G., & Shamay-Tsoory, S. G. (2018) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1703643115 · Cited by 311 · see citing works

Towards a neuroscience of empathy: Ontogeny, phylogeny, brain mechanisms, context and psychopathology

Gonzalez-Liencres, C., Shamay‐Tsoory, S., & Brüne, M. (2013) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.05.001 · Cited by 264 · see citing works

From shared to distinct self–other representations in empathy: evidence from neurotypical function and socio-cognitive disorders

Lamm, C., Bukowski, H., & Silani, G. (2016) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0083 · Cited by 240 · see citing works

Empathic Care and Distress: Predictive Brain Markers and Dissociable Brain Systems

Ashar, Y. K., Andrews‐Hanna, J. R., Dimidjian, S., & Wager, T. D. (2017) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2017.05.014 · Cited by 231 · see citing works

Placebo analgesia and its opioidergic regulation suggest that empathy for pain is grounded in self pain

Rütgen, M., Seidel, E.-M., Silani, G., Riečanský, I., Hummer, A., Windischberger, C., Petrovic, P., & Lamm, C. (2015) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1511269112 · Cited by 208 · see citing works

Common and distinct neural correlates of personal and vicarious reward: A quantitative meta-analysis

Morelli, S. A., Sacchet, M. D., & Zaki, J. (2014) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.12.056 · Cited by 205 · see citing works

Imaging empathy and prosocial emotions

Lamm, C., Rütgen, M., & Wagner, I. C. (2017) · Neuroscience Letters · doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2017.06.054 · Cited by 188 · see citing works

Neurocognitive Basis of Racial Ingroup Bias in Empathy

Han, S. (2018) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.tics.2018.02.013 · Cited by 182 · see citing works

Tracing Pastoralist Migrations to Southern Africa with Lactase Persistence Alleles

Macholdt, E., Lede, V., Barbieri, C., Mpoloka, S. W., Chen, H., Slatkin, M., Pakendorf, B., & Stoneking, M. (2014) · Current Biology · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.027 · Cited by 174 · see citing works

Inability to empathize: brain lesions that disrupt sharing and understanding another’s emotions.

Hillis, A. E. (2014) · Brain · doi:10.1093/brain/awt317 · Cited by 158 · see citing works

From painkiller to empathy killer: acetaminophen (paracetamol) reduces empathy for pain

Mischkowski, D., Crocker, J., & Way, B. M. (2016) · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience · doi:10.1093/scan/nsw057 · Cited by 148 · see citing works

A biological perspective on empathy

Brothers, L. (1989) · American Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1176/ajp.146.1.10 · Cited by 136 · see citing works

The envious brain: The neural basis of social comparison

Dvash, J., Gilam, G., Ben‐Ze'ev, A., Hendler, T., & Shamay‐Tsoory, S. G. (2010) · Human Brain Mapping · doi:10.1002/hbm.20972 · Cited by 132 · see citing works

More Than Skin Deep

O’Brien, E., & Ellsworth, P. C. (2012) · Psychological Science · doi:10.1177/0956797611432179 · Cited by 128 · see citing works

Reduction of Empathy for Pain by Placebo Analgesia Suggests Functional Equivalence of Empathy and First-Hand Emotion Experience

Rütgen, M., Seidel, E., ansky, I. R., & Lamm, C. (2015) · Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1523/jneurosci.3936-14.2015 · Cited by 111 · see citing works

Cognitive flexibility and empathy after frontal lobe lesion

Grattan, L. M., Bloomer, R. H., Archambault, F. X., & Eslinger, P. J. (1994) · Neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, and behavioral neurology · Cited by 109 · see citing works

Reading the mind in the touch: Neurophysiological specificity in the communication of emotions by touch

Kirsch, L. P., Krahé, C., Blom, N., Crucianelli, L., Moro, V., Jenkinson, P. M., & Fotopoulou, A. (2017) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.05.024 · Cited by 105 · see citing works

Deconstructing empathy: Neuroanatomical dissociations between affect sharing and prosocial motivation using a patient lesion model

Shdo, S. M., Ranasinghe, K. G., Gola, K. A., Mielke, C. J., Sukhanov, P., Miller, B. L., & Rankin, K. P. (2017) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.02.010 · Cited by 93 · see citing works

Neuroanatomical basis of concern-based altruism in virtual environment

Patil, I., Zanon, M., Novembre, G., Zangrando, N., Chittaro, L., & Silani, G. (2017) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.02.015 · Cited by 89 · see citing works

Structural changes in socio-affective networks: Multi-modal MRI findings in long-term meditation practitioners

Engen, H. G., Bernhardt, B. C., Skottnik, L., Ricard, M., & Singer, T. (2018) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.08.024 · Cited by 83 · see citing works

Empathy networks in the parental brain and their long-term effects on children's stress reactivity and behavior adaptation

Abraham, E., Raz, G., Zagoory‐Sharon, O., & Feldman, R. (2017) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.04.015 · Cited by 78 · see citing works

Pleasing frowns, disappointing smiles: An ERP investigation of counterempathy.

Yamada, M., Lamm, C., & Jean Decety, A. (2011) · Emotion · doi:10.1037/a0023854 · Cited by 59 · see citing works

Visual, sensorimotor and cognitive routes to understanding others' enjoyment: An individual differences rTMS approach to empathic accuracy

Paracampo, R., Pirruccio, M., Costa, M., Borgomaneri, S., & Avenanti, A. (2018) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.01.043 · Cited by 58 · see citing works

Empathy during consoling touch is modulated by mu-rhythm: An EEG study

Peled‐Avron, L., Goldstein, P., Yellinek, S., Weissman‐Fogel, I., & Shamay‐Tsoory, S. (2017) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.04.026 · Cited by 48 · see citing works

The effect of tDCS over the right temporo-parietal junction on pain empathy

Coll, M., Tremblay, M., & Jackson, P. L. (2017) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.04.021 · Cited by 46 · see citing works

EEVEE: the Empathy-Enhancing Virtual Evolving Environment

Jackson, P. L., Michon, P., Geslin, E., Carignan, M., & Beaudoin, D. (2015) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00112 · Cited by 45 · see citing works

Psychopharmacological modulation of event-related potentials suggests that first-hand pain and empathy for pain rely on similar opioidergic processes

Rütgen, M., Seidel, E., Pletti, C., Riečanský, I., Gartus, A., Eisenegger, C., & Lamm, C. (2017) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.04.023 · Cited by 40 · see citing works

The good, the bad, and the suffering. Transient emotional episodes modulate the neural circuits of pain and empathy

Qiao, E., Corradi‐Dell’Acqua, C., & Vuilleumier, P. O. (2017) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.12.027 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Physical coldness enhances racial in-group bias in empathy: Electrophysiological evidence

Luo, S., Han, X., Du, N., & Han, S. (2017) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.05.002 · Cited by 31 · see citing works

Laugh or cringe? Common and distinct processes of reward-based schadenfreude and empathy-based fremdscham

Paulus, F. M., Müller‐Pinzler, L., Stolz, D. S., Mayer, A. V., Rademacher, L., & Krach, S. (2017) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.05.030 · Cited by 27 · see citing works

How mimicry influences the neural correlates of reward: An fMRI study

Hsu, C., Sims, T. B., & Chakrabarti, B. (2017) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.08.018 · Cited by 21 · see citing works

Empathy in female submissive BDSM practitioners

Luo, S., & Zhang, X. (2017) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.01.027 · Cited by 18 · see citing works

The Relationship between Empathy and Attachment in Children and Adolescents: Three-Level Meta-Analyses.

Xu, X., Liu, Z., Gong, S., & Wu, Y. (2022) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph19031391 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Empathy with Fictional Stories: Reconsideration of the Fantasy Scale of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index

Nomura, K., & Akai, S. (2012) · Psychological Reports · doi:10.2466/02.07.09.11.pr0.110.1.304-314 · Cited by 57 · see citing works

Empathy in schizophrenia: A meta-analysis of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index

Bonfils, K. A., Lysaker, P. H., Minor, K. S., & Salyers, M. P. (2017) · Psychiatry Research · doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2016.12.033 · Cited by 115 · see citing works

Social skills and empathy

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Correlates of Empathy and Cognitive Style in Early Adolescence

Wise, P. S., & Cramer, S. H. (1988) · Psychological Reports · doi:10.2466/pr0.1988.63.1.179 · Cited by 28 · see citing works

Changes in Dispositional Empathy in American College Students Over Time: A Meta-Analysis

Konrath, S., O’Brien, E. H., & Hsing, C. K. (2010) · Personality and Social Psychology Review · doi:10.1177/1088868310377395 · Cited by 965 · see citing works