Feeling Touched: Empathy Is Associated With Performance in a Tactile Acuity Task

The concept of empathy describes our capacity to understand the emotions and intentions of others and to relate to our conspecifics. Numerous studies investigated empathy as a state as well as a stable personality trait. For example, recent studies in neuroscience suggest, among other brain areas su...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael Schaefer, Marcel Joch, Nikolas Rother
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2021.593425/full