Cognitive empathy across the lifespan.
Liam DorrisDavid YoungJill BarlowKarl ByrneRobin HoylePublished in: Developmental medicine and child neurology (2022)
Cognitive empathy is a late-developing ability and changes across the lifespan. Cognitive empathy increases during childhood but with potentially altered abilities during adolescence. Cognitive empathy matures during early adulthood and gradually declines in older age. There is a female advantage in cognitive empathy abilities.