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Emotion Review
Vol. 4, No. 1 (January 2012) 1819
The Author(s) 2012
ISSN 1754-0739
DOI: 10.1177/1754073911421390
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Isabel Dziobek
Abstract
The multifaceted nature of empathy requires a comprehensive
conceptualization of core and related emotional and mindreading
processes. Here I argue that new paradigms are needed that allow
for a more ecologically valid and parametric assessment of empathy
subprocesses and their neuronal correlates. Towards that goal, cognitive
neuroscience studies should make use of audiovisual stimuli that more
closely approximate real-life settings and include online social interaction
paradigms.
Keywords
ecological validity, empathy, neuroimaging, online social interaction,
second-person perspective, theory of mind
Corresponding author: Isabel Dziobek, Junior Research Group Understanding Interaffectivity, Cluster of Excellence Languages of Emotion, Freie Universitt Berlin,
Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin, Germany. Email: isabel.dziobek@fu-berlin.de
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