Age-related differences in negative cognitive empathy but similarities in positive affective empathy

The Prediction of university students aggression based on corona anxiety, cognitive empathy and affective empathy

The aim of this research was a prediction of university students' aggression based on corona anxiety, cognitive empathy, and affective empathy.  In regard to the purpose, this research was applicable and in regard to procedure, it was a correlation study. The study community included all undergraduate students of the University of Mohaghegh Ardabili at 1399-1400 academic year with 18-22 age ran...

Individual differences in local gray matter density are associated with differences in affective and cognitive empathy

The understanding of empathy from a neuroscientific perspective has recently developed quickly, with numerous functional MRI studies associating different brain regions with different components of empathy. A recent meta-analysis across 40 fMRI studies revealed that affective empathy is most often associated with increased activity in the insula, whereas cognitive empathy is most often associat...

The Positive (and Negative) Psychology of Empathy

Affective and cognitive empathy in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

The broad construct of empathy incorporates both cognitive and affective dimensions. Recent evidence suggests that the subjects with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) show a significant impairment in empathic ability. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cognitive and affective components of empathy in adolescents with ASD compared to controls. Fifteen adolescents with ASD and 15 controls u...

Virtual empathy: Positive and negative impacts of going online upon empathy in young adults

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.05.026 0747-5632/ 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 310 243 2325. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (L.M. Carrier), [email protected] (A. Spradlin), [email protected] (J.P. Bunce), [email protected] (L.D. Rosen). 1 Present address: Department of Psychology, Washington State University, USA. 2 Present address:...