Information function of empathic emotion: Learning that we value the other's welfare.

Batson, C. Daniel, Turk, Cynthia L., Shaw, Laura L., Klein, Tricia R.·1995·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
DOI 10.1037//0022-3514.68.2.300

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