Empathy: A physiological substrate.
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The relation between empathy (defined as the ability to perceive accurately how another person is feeling) and physiology was studied in 31 Ss. Ss viewed 15-min martial interactions and used a rating dial to indicate continuously how they thought a designated spouse was feeling. Rating accuracy was determined by comparing Ss' ratings with identical self-ratings obtained previously from the target spouse. Physiological linkage between S and target was determined using bivariate time-series analyses applied to 5 autonomic and somatic measures obtained from the S during the rating task and from the target spouse during the original conversation. Accuracy of rating negative emotion was greatest when S and target evidenced high levels of physiological linkage across time. Accuracy of detecting positive emotion was related to a state of low cardiovascular around in the S, but not to physiological linkage between S and target.
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- Authors
- Levenson, R. W., & Ruef, A. M.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- ORCID
- Levenson, Robert W.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 1992
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 234-246
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W2027814249
- Cited by
- 709
- References
- 68
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 46 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 32 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 36 · 2015: 45 · 2014: 35 · 2013: 27 · 2012: 34
- FWCI
- 9.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (7r01aa005004-06, 5r01mh039895-03)
- National Institute on Aging (R01AG007476)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- empathy, emotion perception, autonomic nervous system, cardiovascular reactivity, marital relationships
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Affect, Arousal, Emotions, Empathy, Female, Galvanic Skin Response, Heart Rate, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Marriage, Sex Factors, Speech Perception
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