Psychology and neurobiology of empathy / editors, Douglas F. Watt, and Jaak Panksepp.

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PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROBIOLOGY OF EMPATHY ; PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROBIOLOGY OF EMPATHY ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; OVERVIEWS OF EMPATHY -- NEUROBIOLOGY, EVOLUTION, PSYCHOLOGY ; Chapter 1 EMPATHY AND THE PROSOCIAL BRAIN: INTEGRATING COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE PERSPECTIVES IN HUMAN AND ANIMAL MODELS OF EMPATHY ; Abstract; Introduction; The Problem of Defining Empathy -- Continuing Terminological Controversies?; Animal Models Emphasizing Subcortical Networks in Maternal CARE; Mammalian Maternal Behavior as a Precursor for Empathy

The Social-Emotional Foundations of Empathy -- Phylogenetic PerspectivesProto-Empathy in Animals: Data on FEAR Contagion; Work on Contagion in Humans -- Remaining Questions about Contagion?; Neuromodulatory Perspectives on Empathy; Functional Human Brain Imaging Studies of Empathy and Related Processes; Human Developmental Investigations of Empathy and Its Precursors and Antagonists; Summary Overview -- Six Major Variables Modulating Empathy?; References; Chapter 2 EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF EMPATHY; Abstract; Introduction; 1. Classification of Empathy; 2. Empathy for Negative Motion

2.1. Aversive Properties of the Distress of Others2.2. Social Learning; 2.3. Rescue Behavior; 2.4. The Biological Basis of Universal Morality; 3. Empathy for Positive Emotion; 3.1. Social Reinforcement; 3.2. Social Facilitation; 3.3. Social Learning; 3.4. Helper and Rescue Behavior; 4. Reversed Empathy; 4.1. Sense of Fairness; 5. Schadenfreude; 5.1. Social Status; 6. Range of Empathy; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 THE POSITIVE (AND NEGATIVE) PSYCHOLOGY OF EMPATHY ; Abstract; Introduction; Part 1: The Positive Psychology of Empathy; Is Empathy Good for Others?

Is Empathy Good for the Self?Part 2: The Negative Psychology of Empathy; Can Empathy Be Bad for the Self?; Can Empathy Be Bad for Others?; Part 3: Reconciling the Positive and Negative Aspects of Empathy- Even 'Great Things' Have a Cost?; Explaining the Positives of Empathy; Conclusion; Author's Note; References; EMPATHY THROUGH THE LIFECYCLE ; Chapter 4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMPATHY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD ; Abstract; Definition of Empathy; Theories of Empathy Development; Hoffman's Developmental Theory of Empathy; Preston and De Waal's Perception-Action Model

Decety and Jackson's Model of EmpathyDevelopment of Empathic Behaviors in Early Childhood -- Empirical Findings; Developmental Origins of Empathy; Temperament; Gender; Cognitive Factors; Neural Correlates of Early Empathy; The Parent-Child Relationship; Siblings; Relations between Empathy and Social Behaviors; Prosocial Behavior; Psychopathology; Can Empathy Be Trained?; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5 EMPATHY IN CHILDREN: THEORY AND ASSESSMENT ; Abstract; Introduction; Theories of Empathy; The Development of Empathy; Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Empathy

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