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Head before heart? Cognitive empathy may emerge before affective empathy in the developing brain
Chiara Bulgarelli, Paola Pinti, Tessel Bazelmans…·Emily J. H. Jones
This study investigates whether cognitive empathy emerges before affective empathy in toddlers using fNIRS and heart rate monitoring, finding stronger cognitive empathy activation in younger children.