An fMRI investigation of empathic processing in boys with conduct problems and varying levels of callous-unemotional traits.

ABSTRACT: The ability to empathise relies in part on using one's own affective experience to simulate the affective experience of others. This process is supported by a number of brain areas including the anterior insula (AI), anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), and the amygdala. Children with conduct problems (CP), and in particular those with high levels of callous-unemotional traits (CP/HCU) present with less empathy than their peers. They also show reduced neural response in areas supporting empathic processing when viewing other people in distress. The current study focused on identifying brain areas co-activated during affective introspection of: i) One's own emotions ('Own emotion'); ii) Others' emotions ('Other emotion'); and iii) One's feelings about others' em

SUBMITTER: Sethi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5987797 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature