Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Is Critical for Helping Others Who Are Suffering

Neurological patients with damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) are reported to display reduced empathy toward others in their daily lives in clinical case studies. However, the empathic behavior of patients with damage to the vmPFC has not been measured experimentally in response to...

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Main Authors: Janelle N. Beadle, Sergio Paradiso, Daniel Tranel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00288/full