Empathy is thought to play a key role in motivating prosocial behavior, guiding our
preferences and behavioral responses, and providing the affective and motivational base for …

The ontogeny of human empathy is better understood with reference to the evolutionary
history of the social brain. Empathy has deep evolutionary, biochemical, and neurological …

There is strong evidence that empathy has deep evolutionary, biochemical, and
neurological underpinnings. Even the most advanced forms of empathy in humans are built …

Empathy, which implies a shared interpersonal experience, is implicated in many aspects of
social cognition, notably prosocial behavior, morality and the regulation of aggression. The …

While empathy has been widely studied in philosophical and psychological literatures,
recent advances in social neuroscience have shed light on the neural correlates of this …

Empathy allows individuals to share the affective states of others, predict others' actions, and
stimulate prosocial behavior. Whilst the proximate mechanisms of empathy, modulated in …

In recent decades, empathy research has blossomed into a vibrant and multidisciplinary
field of study. The social neuroscience approach to the subject is premised on the idea that …

Highlights•Empathy has evolved in the context of parental care and kinship relationships.•
Conserved neural circuits connecting brainstem, basal ganglia, insula and orbitofrontal …

Emotion regulation is a crucial skill in adulthood; its acquisition represents one of the key
developmental tasks in early childhood. Difficulties with adaptive emotion regulation …

In mammals, empathy is crucial for living in social groups and caring for others. In this paper,
we consider the structural and functional organization of empathy. We propose that empathy …