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Interaction between valence of empathy and familiarity: is it difficult to empathize with the positive events of a stranger?

BACKGROUND: Empathy in humans is thought to have evolved via social interactions caused by the formation of social groups. Considering the role of empathy within a social group, there might be a difference between emotional empathy for strangers and familiar others belonging to the same social group...

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Autores principales: Motomura, Yuki, Takeshita, Akira, Egashira, Yuka, Nishimura, Takayuki, Kim, Yeon-kyu, Watanuki, Shigeki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25858485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40101-015-0049-3