The Science of Empathy

Empathy plays a critical interpersonal and societal role, enabling sharing of experiences, needs, and desires between individuals and providing an emotional bridge that promotes pro-social behavior. This capacity requires an exquisite interplay of neural networks and enables us to perceive the emoti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Helen Riess MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Patient Experience
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2374373517699267