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Empathy: A unitary circuit or a set of dissociable neuro-cognitive systems?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2003

James R. Blair  and
Karina S. Perschardt
James R. Blair
Affiliation:
Mood and Anxiety Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 blairJ@intra.nimh.nih.gov
Karina S. Perschardt
Affiliation:
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, WC1H 3AR, England
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Abstract

We question whether empathy is mediated by a unitary circuit. We argue that recent neuroimaging data indicate dissociable neural responses for different facial expressions as well as for representing others' mental states (Theory of Mind, TOM). We also argue that the general empathy disorder considered characteristic of autism and psychopathy is not general but specific for each disorder.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 27 - 28
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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