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SUBMITTER: Singer T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2636868 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Singer Tania T Seymour Ben B O'Doherty John P JP Stephan Klaas E KE Dolan Raymond J RJ Frith Chris D CD
Nature 20060118 7075
The neural processes underlying empathy are a subject of intense interest within the social neurosciences. However, very little is known about how brain empathic responses are modulated by the affective link between individuals. We show here that empathic responses are modulated by learned preferences, a result consistent with economic models of social preferences. We engaged male and female volunteers in an economic game, in which two confederates played fairly or unfairly, and then measured br ...[more]