The effects of emotional valence and intensity on cognitive and affective empathy after insula lesions
Olga Holtmann, Insa Schloßmacher, Marcel Franz, Constanze Mönig, Jan‐Gerd Tenberge, Christoph Preul, Wolfram Schwindt, Maximilian Bruchmann, Nico Melzer, Wolfgang H. R. Miltner, Thomas Straube
This study examines how insula lesions affect cognitive and affective empathy in response to emotional valence and intensity using a naturalistic paradigm, finding specific deficits in negative, low-intensity affective empathy.
Cerebral Cortex · Aug 24, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience