期刊名称：Revue de Neuropsychologie Neurosciences Cognitives et Cliniques
印刷版ISSN：2101-6739
电子版ISSN：2102-6025
出版年度：2010
卷号：2
期号：4
页码：292-298
DOI：10.1684/nrp.2010.0098
出版社：John Libbey Eurotext
摘要：Authors Pauline Narme , Harold Mouras , Gwénolé Loas , Pierre Krystkowiak , Martine Roussel , Muriel Boucart , Olivier Godefroy Laboratoire de neurosciences fonctionnelles et pathologies, UFR de médecine, Université de Picardie Jules-Verne, Amiens, Service de neurologie, CHU Amiens-Nord, Amiens, Service universitaire de psychiatrie, Centre Hospitalier P. Pinel, Amiens, Laboratoire de neurosciences fonctionnelles et pathologies, EURASANTE, Loos Key words: empathy, affective sharing, mirror neurons, theory of mind, neurodegenerative diseases DOI : 10.1684/nrp.2010.0098 Page(s) : 292-8 Published in: 2010 The ability to understand emotional states of others and share their feelings, known as empathy, has been related to moral sense, altruism, effective social communication and prosocial behavior. Several theoretical approaches have been developed and recent evidence suggests that two systems underlie empathy: an emotional system and a more advanced cognitive system. The former supports an affective sharing between the empathizer and the target, and this ability is thought to require the mirror neuron system. The cognitive system implies perspective-taking abilities such as theory of mind, self-awareness, inhibitory process and emotion regulation. It remains unclear whether those systems are interacting or independent. A recent study demonstrated a double dissociation between emotional and cognitive empathy following different lesion locations within the frontal lobe. These findings suggest that a lack of empathy could result of different deficits. Although impairment of empathy or its components has been reported in neurodegenerative diseases such as Frontotemporal dementia and Huntington disease, data remain scarce. Future studies could determine the process deficits which underlie behavioral disorders, and afford new perspectives for diagnosis. In addition, this would provide tools suitable for routine clinical practice.
关键词：empathy; affective sharing; mirror neurons; theory of mind; neurodegenerative diseases
