Predicting Empathy From Resting State Brain Connectivity: A Multivariate Approach

被引:27
作者
Christov-Moore, Leonardo [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ]
Reggente, Nicco [6 ]
Douglas, Pamela K. [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Feusner, Jamie D. [2 ,3 ]
Iacoboni, Marco [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Ahmanson Lovelace Brain Mapping Ctr, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Brain Res Inst, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA
[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Psychiat & Biobehav Sci, Jane & Terry Semel Inst Neurosci & Human Behav, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA
[4] Univ Cent Florida, Inst Simulat & Training, Orlando, FL 32816 USA
[5] Univ Southern Calif, Sch Int Relat, Brain & Creat Inst, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA
[6] Tiny Blue Dot Fdn, Santa Monica, CA USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
empathy; empathic concern; fMRI; resting state; connectivity; machine learning; experience sharing; mirroring; MIRROR NEURON SYSTEM; SEX-DIFFERENCES; COGNITIVE EMPATHY; SOCIAL COGNITION; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; OTHERS PAIN; IMITATION; RESPONSES; BEHAVIOR;
D O I
10.3389/fnint.2020.00003
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Recent task fMRI studies suggest that individual differences in trait empathy and empathic concern are mediated by patterns of connectivity between self-other resonance and top-down control networks that are stable across task demands. An untested implication of this hypothesis is that these stable patterns of connectivity should be visible even in the absence of empathy tasks. Using machine learning, we demonstrate that patterns of resting state fMRI connectivity (i.e. the degree of synchronous BOLD activity across multiple cortical areas in the absence of explicit task demands) of resonance and control networks predict trait empathic concern (n = 58). Empathic concern was also predicted by connectivity patterns within the somatomotor network. These findings further support the role of resonance-control network interactions and of somatomotor function in our vicariously driven concern for others. Furthermore, a practical implication of these results is that it is possible to assess empathic predispositions in individuals without needing to perform conventional empathy assessments.
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