A growing body of evidence suggests that the amygdala is central to handling the demands of complex social life in primates. In this paper, we synthesize extant anatomical and …
F Raes, E Pommier, KD Neff… - Clinical psychology & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of the present study was to construct and validate a short‐form version of the Self‐Compassion Scale (SCS). Two Dutch samples were used to construct and cross …
J Decety, JM Cowell - Perspectives on psychological science, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
In the past decade, a flurry of empirical and theoretical research on morality and empathy has taken place, and interest and usage in the media and the public arena have increased …
Why do we self-sacrifice to help others in distress? Two competing theories have emerged, one suggesting that prosocial behavior is primarily motivated by feelings of empathic other …
New York Times bestselling author Sam Harris's first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most …
An update to the classic text that links neuroscience and human behavior in the context of therapy. This groundbreaking book explores the recent revolution in psychotherapy that has …
This meta-analysis explores the role of the cerebellum in social cognition. Recent meta- analyses of neuroimaging studies since 2008 demonstrate that the cerebellum is only …
PJ Eslinger, S Anders, T Ballarini, S Boutros… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Social feelings have conceptual and empirical connections with affect and emotion. In this review, we discuss how they relate to cognition, emotion, behavior and well-being. We …
Whether emotion is a source of moral judgments remains controversial. This study combined neurophysiological measures, including functional magnetic resonance imaging, eye …