Nina K Simms, Bryan J Matlen, Benjamin D Jee, Dedre Gentner
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Journal of experimental psychology. Applied
empathy concept central psychiatry psychotherapy clinical psychology construct empathy involves affective experience persons actual inferred emotional state also minimal recognition understanding anothers emotional state proposed light multiple levels analysis including social psychology cognitive neuroscience clinical neuropsychology model empathy involves bottomup topdown information processing underpinned parallel distributed computational mechanisms predictive validity model explored reference clinical conditions many psychiatric conditions associated deficits even lack empathy discuss limited number disorders including psychopathyantisocial personality disorders borderline narcissistic personality disorders autistic spectrum disorders alexithymia argue future clinical investigations empathy disorders informative behavioral dispositional biological factors combined