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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology

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  • Empathy, crucial for social interaction, is a complex, multi-dimensional concept.
  • Interest in empathy has surged, particularly within cognitive neurosciences.
  • Previous research explored empathy components like resonance, self-other discrimination, and mentalizing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review literature on brain stimulation techniques investigating empathy.
  • To highlight the potential of brain stimulation in modulating empathy.
  • To explore empathy research in populations with reduced empathic skills.

Main Methods:

  • Review of studies employing brain stimulation techniques (e.g., TMS, tDCS).
  • Analysis of research targeting distinct empathy components: resonance, self-other discrimination, mentalizing.
  • Examination of studies on modulating empathy and its components.

Main Results:

  • Brain stimulation techniques uniquely modulate neural systems underlying empathy components.
  • Studies have begun exploring empathy modulation and its deficits.
  • These techniques offer direct investigation of empathy's neural underpinnings.

Conclusions:

  • Brain stimulation techniques provide a powerful tool for understanding and modulating empathy.
  • Future research requires ecological paradigms and integrated models.
  • The ultimate goal is to develop protocols for modulating empathy in clinical populations.