New study reveals link between emotional empathy and physiological responses to angry faces

Reported by http://starglobaltribune.com; Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been attributed in part to loss of emotioal empathy, the capacity to recognise and understand the emotions of other people. Given that TBI are becoming more common, and resulting empathy deficits can have negative repercussions on social functioning and quality of life, it is increasingly important to understand the processes that shape emotional empathy.

Cortex is an international journal devoted to the study of cognition and the relationship between the nervous system and mental processes, particularly as these are reflected in the behavior of patients with aquaired brain lesions, normal volunteers, children with typical and atypical development, and in the activation of brain regions and systems as recorded by functional neuimaging techniques.

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