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ArticlePloS one2021

The influence of anger on empathy and theory of mind.

Ronja Weiblen, Noam Mairon, Sören Krach, Macià Buades-Rotger, Mor Nahum, Philipp Kanske, Anat Perry, Ulrike M Krämer

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ronja WeiblenDepartment of Neurology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2484-1229
Noam MaironSchool of Occupational Therapy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Sören KrachDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Translational Psychiatry Unit (TPU), University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Macià Buades-RotgerDepartment of Neurology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1219-9216
Mor NahumSchool of Occupational Therapy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Philipp KanskeClinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Anat PerryDepartment of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Ulrike M KrämerDepartment of Neurology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
University of Lübeck · DEHebrew University of Jerusalem · ILMax Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social cognition allows humans to understand and predict other people's behavior by inferring or sharing their emotions, intentions and beliefs. Few studies have investigated the impact of one's own emotional state on understanding others. Here, we tested the effect of being in an angry state on empathy and theory of mind (ToM). In a between-groups design we manipulated anger status with different paradigms in three studies (autobiographical recall (N = 45), negative feedback (N = 49), frustration (N = 46)) and checked how this manipulation affected empathic accuracy and performance in the EmpaToM. All paradigms were successful in inducing mild anger. We did not find the expected effect of anger on empathy or ToM performance but observed small behavioral changes. Together, our results validate the use of three different anger induction paradigms and speak for rather weak behavioral effects of mild state anger on empathy and ToM.

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AngerEmpathyTheory of MindAdultFemaleHumansMaleYoung Adult

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