Feedback matters: EEG correlates of empathy involved in the naturalistic communication of emotions.

ABSTRACT: Empathy involves the processing of complex information related to dynamic interactions between the empathizer and target. One neural signature of empathy is the suppression of electroencephalographic mu rhythm (8-13 Hz) over the sensorimotor region. It is important to consider that few researchers have studied the effects of empathizer feedback on empathy and its underlying neural mechanism, and most previous research has lacked ecological validity due to standardized emotional stimuli and constraints on the experiment environment. Our objective in this study was to investigate the means by which empathizer feedback influences one's own empathy in naturalistic social situations. Our results revealed that empathizer feedback decreases empathic accuracy but does not affect the emotional cont

SUBMITTER: Hung RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11472091 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature