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Affective and cognitive brain-networks are differently integrated in women and men while experiencing compassion
Different theoretical models have proposed cognitive and affective components in empathy and moral judgments encompassing compassion. Furthermore, gender differences in psychological and neural functions involving empathic and moral processing, as well as compassionate experiences, have been reporte...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9513369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36176793 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.992935 |
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author | Rodríguez-Nieto, Geraldine Mercadillo, Roberto E. Pasaye, Erick H. Barrios, Fernando A. |
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description | Different theoretical models have proposed cognitive and affective components in empathy and moral judgments encompassing compassion. Furthermore, gender differences in psychological and neural functions involving empathic and moral processing, as well as compassionate experiences, have been reported. However, the neurobiological function regarding affective and cognitive integration underlying compassion and gender-associated differences has not been investigated. In this study, we aimed to examine the interaction between cognitive and emotional components through functional connectivity analyzes and to explore gender differences for the recruitment and interaction of these components. Thirty-six healthy participants (21–56 years; 21 women) were exposed to social images in an fMRI session to judge whether the stimuli elicited compassion. The results showed a different connectivity pattern for women and men of the insular cortex, the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC), the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), and the cingulate cortex. The integration of affective and cognitive components follows a complex functional connectivity pattern that is different for both genders. These differences may indicate that men largely make compassionate judgments based on contextual information, while women tend to notably take internal and introspective processes into account. Women and men can use different affective and cognitive routes that could converge in similar learning of moral values, empathic experiences and compassionate acts. |
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spelling | pubmed-95133692022-09-28 Affective and cognitive brain-networks are differently integrated in women and men while experiencing compassion Rodríguez-Nieto, Geraldine Mercadillo, Roberto E. Pasaye, Erick H. Barrios, Fernando A. Front Psychol Psychology Different theoretical models have proposed cognitive and affective components in empathy and moral judgments encompassing compassion. Furthermore, gender differences in psychological and neural functions involving empathic and moral processing, as well as compassionate experiences, have been reported. However, the neurobiological function regarding affective and cognitive integration underlying compassion and gender-associated differences has not been investigated. In this study, we aimed to examine the interaction between cognitive and emotional components through functional connectivity analyzes and to explore gender differences for the recruitment and interaction of these components. Thirty-six healthy participants (21–56 years; 21 women) were exposed to social images in an fMRI session to judge whether the stimuli elicited compassion. The results showed a different connectivity pattern for women and men of the insular cortex, the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC), the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), and the cingulate cortex. The integration of affective and cognitive components follows a complex functional connectivity pattern that is different for both genders. These differences may indicate that men largely make compassionate judgments based on contextual information, while women tend to notably take internal and introspective processes into account. Women and men can use different affective and cognitive routes that could converge in similar learning of moral values, empathic experiences and compassionate acts. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9513369/ /pubmed/36176793 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.992935 Text en Copyright © 2022 Rodríguez-Nieto, Mercadillo, Pasaye and Barrios. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Rodríguez-Nieto, Geraldine Mercadillo, Roberto E. Pasaye, Erick H. Barrios, Fernando A. Affective and cognitive brain-networks are differently integrated in women and men while experiencing compassion |
title | Affective and cognitive brain-networks are differently integrated in women and men while experiencing compassion |
title_full | Affective and cognitive brain-networks are differently integrated in women and men while experiencing compassion |
title_fullStr | Affective and cognitive brain-networks are differently integrated in women and men while experiencing compassion |
title_full_unstemmed | Affective and cognitive brain-networks are differently integrated in women and men while experiencing compassion |
title_short | Affective and cognitive brain-networks are differently integrated in women and men while experiencing compassion |
title_sort | affective and cognitive brain-networks are differently integrated in women and men while experiencing compassion |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9513369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36176793 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.992935 |
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