Table 1: Empathy and neural correlations.
Situation |
|
Active neural regions |
Empathy circuit |
Self-perspective
of pain or actual
experience of pain |
1. 2. 3. 4. |
ACC
(more posterior) Posterior
insula Secondary
somatosensory cortex Left inferior
parietal lobe [4] |
#4
(affective) #5
(affective) #9
(affective) #8
(affective) |
Perspective
of pain in others |
1. 2. 3. 4. |
ACC [5] RTPJ Anterior
insula Right
inferior parietal lobe [6] |
#4
(affective) #6
(affective) #5
(affective) #8
(affective) |
Taking
perspective of others for
a motoric action (e.g. winding
a watch) |
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. |
Frontopolar cortex/OFC Right
inferior parietal lobule Supplementary
motor area (SMA) Premotor
cortex occipito-temporal region |
#2
(cognitive) #8
(affective) |
Taking
perspective of others for
a concept (e.g. taking
antibiotic drugs causes general fatigue) |
1. 2. 3. |
Frontopolar cortex/OFC Medial
prefrontal cortex Right
inferior parietal lobule |
#2
(cognitive) #1
(cognitive) #8
(affective) |
Taking
perspective of others for
an emotional experience (e.g.
someone enters the changing room you have forgotten to lock) |
1. 2. 3. 4. |
Frontopolar cortex/OFC Medial
prefrontal cortex Ventro medial prefrontal cortex Right
inferior parietal lobule |
#2
(cognitive) #1
(cognitive) #1
(cognitive) #8
(affective) |
Emotion
regulation |
1. 2. 3. 4. |
ACC OFC Ventro medial prefrontal cortex Right
temporal cortex |
#4
(affective) #2
(cognitive) #1
(cognitive) [#6,#7]
(affective) |
#Number.