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Nodes of the default mode network implicated in the quality of empathic responses: a clinical perspective of the empathic response

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dc.contributor.authorOliveira-Silva, Patrícia
dc.contributor.authorMaia, Liliana
dc.contributor.authorCoutinho, Joana
dc.contributor.authorMoreno, Ana Filipa
dc.contributor.authorPenalba, Lucia
dc.contributor.authorFrank, Brandon
dc.contributor.authorSoares, José Miguel
dc.contributor.authorSampaio, Adriana
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Óscar F.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-22T16:11:11Z
dc.date.available2022-09-22T16:11:11Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-01
dc.description.abstractThe ability to empathize with another person's inner experience is believed to be a central element of our social interactions. Previous research has focused on cognitive (e.g., theory of mind) and emotional (e.g., emotional contagion) empathy, and less on behavioral factors (i.e., the ability to respond empathically). Recent studies suggest that the Default Mode Network (DMN) mediates individual variability in distinct empathy-related behaviors. However, little is known about DMN activity during actual empathic responses, understood in this study as the ability to communicate our understanding of the others’ experience back to them. This study used an empathy response paradigm with 28 participants (22-37 years old) to analyze the relationship between the quality of empathic responses to 14 empathy-eliciting vignettes and patterns of attenuation in the DMN. Overall, the results suggest that high levels of empathic response, are associated with sustained activation of the DMN when compared with lower levels of empathy. Our results demonstrate that the DMN becomes increasingly involved in empathy-related behavior, as our level of commitment to the other's experience increases. This study represents a first attempt to understand the relation between the capacity for responding in a supportive way to others’ needs and the intra-individual variability of the pattern of the DMN attenuation. Here we underline the critical role that the DMN plays in high-level social cognitive processes and corroborate the DMN role in different psychiatric disorders associated with a lack of empathy.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijchp.2022.100319pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85138068504
dc.identifier.issn1697-2600
dc.identifier.pmcPMC9485908
dc.identifier.pmid36168601
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/38982
dc.identifier.wos000863124400005
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectEmpathic responsept_PT
dc.subjectSubtractive empathypt_PT
dc.subjectInterchangeable empathypt_PT
dc.subjectAdditive empathypt_PT
dc.subjectDefault Mode Network (DMN)pt_PT
dc.subjectTask-induced deactivationpt_PT
dc.titleNodes of the default mode network implicated in the quality of empathic responses: a clinical perspective of the empathic responsept_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Clinical and Health Psychologypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume23pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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