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Empathy: A physiological substrate.

Levenson, Robert W., Ruef, Anna M.·1992·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Abstract

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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  • The naturalistic empathic accuracy (EA) paradigm used was validated in social psychological research.

    “We developed a variant of a naturalistic empathic accuracy (EA) paradigm validated in social psychological research (21, 24, 25) that allowed for exploration of how brain activity tracked with perceivers' accuracy about social targets' effect.”

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Authors
Levenson, R. W., & Ruef, A. M.
Affiliations
University of California, Berkeley (US)
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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