Abstract:
Empathy is the ability to infer the psychological state of others and the ability to share emotions,
which is divided into cognitive empathy and emotional empathy. The main neural mechanisms involved
in empathy are the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, anterior insulin, middle cingulate cortex, and inferior
frontal gyrus. Existing research has concepts on the basic connotation and neural mechanism of empathy,
which has many shackles for the integration of empathy research. This article will summarize the concept,
theory and neurocognitive research of empathy, and point out the existing research gaps and the direction
of future research.
共情是推断他人心理状态并分享其情绪的能力,包括认知共情和情感共情。涉及共情的神经机制主要有腹内侧前额叶皮层、前岛叶、中扣带皮层及额下回。现有研究在共情的基本内涵与神经机制上存在诸多不同观点,对于整合共情研究产生诸多桎梏。本文将总结共情的概念、理论,以及神经认知研究,并指出已有研究的不足和未来研究的方向。