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SUBMITTER: Klimecki OM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4040103 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Klimecki Olga M OM Leiberg Susanne S Ricard Matthieu M Singer Tania T
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience 20130410 6
Although empathy is crucial for successful social interactions, excessive sharing of others' negative emotions may be maladaptive and constitute a source of burnout. To investigate functional neural plasticity underlying the augmentation of empathy and to test the counteracting potential of compassion, one group of participants was first trained in empathic resonance and subsequently in compassion. In response to videos depicting human suffering, empathy training, but not memory training (contro ...[more]