ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2017
Mammalian empathy: behavioural manifestations and neural basis.
Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 373 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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373 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Major urinary protein 1 modulates neuronal excitability in the medial prefrontal cortex in a male mouse model of affective empathy.Nature communications · 2026Article
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Abstract
Recent research on empathy in humans and other mammals seeks to dissociate emotional and cognitive empathy. These forms, however, remain interconnected in evolution, across species and at the level of neural mechanisms. New data have facilitated the development of empathy models such as the perception-action model (PAM) and mirror-neuron theories. According to the PAM, the emotional states of others are understood through personal, embodied representations that allow empathy and accuracy to increase based on the observer's past experiences. In this Review, we discuss the latest evidence from studies carried out across a wide range of species, including studies on yawn contagion, consolation, aid-giving and contagious physiological affect, and we summarize neuroscientific data on representations related to another's state.
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