Empathy [ from bench to bedside
There are many reasons for scholars to investigate empathy. Empathy plays a crucial role in human social interaction at all stages of life; it is thought to help motivate positive social behavior, inhibit aggression, and provide the affective and motivational bases for moral development; it is a nec...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
MIT Press ,
c2012
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| Series: | Social neuroscience series
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Philosophical and anthropological perspectives on empathy
- 2. The contribution of social psychology
- 3. Evolutionary roots of empathy
- 4. The development of empathy
- 5. The neuroscience of empathy and caring
- 6. Empathy in clinical practice