Affective and cognitive empathy in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

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 emp...

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Main Authors: Monica eMazza, Maria Chiara ePino, Melania eMariano, Daniela eTempesta, Michele eFerrara, Domenico eDe Berardis, Francesco eMasedu, Marco eValenti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Mentalizing
adolescents
affective empathy
autistic spectrum disorder
cognitive empathy
Experience sharing
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00791/full

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