The human ability to perceive and understand others' suffering is critical to reinforcing and
maintaining our social bonds. What is not clear, however, is the extent to which this�…

Neuroscientists have sought to identify the underlying neural systems supporting social
processing that allow interaction and communication, forming social relationships, and�…

Romantic love has long intrigued scientists in various disciplines. Social-cognitive research
has provided ample evidence for overlapping mental representations of self and romantic�…

Empathy is key for healthy social functioning and individual differences in empathy have
strong implications for manifold domains of social behavior. Empathy comprises of�…

Collaborative and competitive interactions have been investigated extensively so as to
understand how the brain makes choices in the context of strategic games, yet such�…

Perceiving the pain of others activates similar neural structures to those involved in the direct
experience of pain, including sensory and affective-motivational areas. Empathic responses�…

Sex differences in empathy for pain have been repeatedly observed. However, it is unclear
whether this is due to sex differences in “bottom-up” somatomotor representations of others'�…

Qualitative and quantitative reviews of the neuroimaging literature show that overlapping
brain regions support theory of mind (ToM) and autobiographical memory (AM). This overlap�…

A crucial feature of socially adaptive behavior is the ability to recognize when our actions
harm other individuals. Previous research demonstrates that dorsal mediofrontal cortex�…

Clinical empathy, which is defined as the ability to understand the patient's experience and
feelings from the patient's perspective, is acknowledged to be an important aspect of quality�…