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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778802203321

Titolo

Empathy : from bench to bedside / / edited by Jean Decety

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012

©2012

ISBN

0-262-29773-6

1-283-44889-0

9786613448897

0-262-29861-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Collana

Social neuroscience series

Altri autori (Persone)

DecetyJean

Disciplina

152.4/1

Soggetti

Empathy

Neurosciences

Social psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Why Is Empathy so Important?; I Philosophical and Anthropological Perspectives on Empathy; 1 Empathy without Isomorphism: A Phenomenological Account; 2 Empathy, Evolution, and Human Nature; II The Contribution of Social Psychology; 3 The Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis: Issues and Implications; 4 It's More than Skin Deep: Empathy and Helping Behavior across Social Groups ; 5 Empathy Is Not Always as Personal as You May Think: The Use of Stereotypes in Empathic Accuracy; III Evolutionary Roots of Empathy; 6 Empathy in Primates and Other Mammals

IV The Development of Empathy7 Nature and Forms of Empathy in the First Years of Life; 8 Social-Cognitive Contributors to Young Children's Empathic and Prosocial Behavior; 9 Relations of Empathy-Related Responding to Children's and Adolescents' Social Competence; V The Neuroscience of Empathy and Caring; 10 How Children Develop Empathy: The Contribution of Developmental Affective Neuroscience; 11 Empathy and Compassion: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective; 12 The Cognitive Neuroscience of Sharing and Understanding Others' Emotions; VI Empathy in Clinical Practice



13 Clinical Empathy in Medical Care14 The Costs of Empathy among Health Professionals; 15 The Empathic Response in Clinical Practice: Antecedents and Consequences; 16 The Paradox of Teaching Empathy in Medical Education; 17 Empathy and Neuroscience: A Psychoanalytic Perspective; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Recent work on empathy theory, research, and applications, by scholars from disciplines ranging from neuroscience to psychoanalysis.