Empathy for joy recruits a broader prefrontal network than empathy for sadness and is predicted by executive functioning.

Zinat TaiwoMatt BezdekGrazia Mirabito Sharee N Light

Published in: Neuropsychology (2021)

Activation in core aspects of the working memory-executive control network, and core happiness-related aspects of the mentalizing brain network (i.e., medial PFC and precuneus) predicted greater empathy capacity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

Keyphrases

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