Aproximación Neuropsicológica al Constructo de Empatía: Aspectos Cognitivos y Neuroanatómicos. Neuropsychological Approach to the Empathy Construct: Cognitive and Neuroanatomical Aspects
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: Multidimensional models define Empathy as a construct that includes both affective (AE; affective empathy) and cognitive (CE; cognitive empathy) components.The aim of the present work is to present the 'state-of-the-art' regarding the association between Empathy and Executive Functions (EF) and to propose an integration of the ideas in this respect.To this end, a conceptual framework is adopted and a number of studies which conceive AE and CE as complementary but differentiated components from either a functional and a neurobiological point of view are thoroughly revised; the two components would be jointly activated during social interaction, but they might act separately as evident, for instance, in cerebral damage and in Psychopathology.From a multidimensional perspective, the relation Empathy -EF could be explain from the relation CE/Theory of Mind -EF, as well as by means of a model that acknowledge the influence of top-down processes -across executive functions -during the empathic process.Adopting a multidimensional view of Empathy is not only relevant from a functional point of view, but also for the diagnosis, assessment and comprehension of the empathic deficit in the neurological and psychiatric clinic.
Source: Cuadernos de neuropsicología
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1586237746