Neural functional correlates of empathic face processing

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作者
Del Casale, Antonio [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Kotzalidis, Georgios D. [1 ,2 ]
Rapinesi, Chiara [1 ,2 ]
Janiri, Delfina [4 ]
Aragona, Massimiliano [5 ]
Puzella, Antonella [6 ]
Spinazzola, Edoardo [4 ]
Maggiora, Matteo [4 ]
Giuseppin, Giulia [1 ,2 ]
Tamorri, Stefano Maria [4 ]
Vento, Alessandro Emiliano [7 ,8 ]
Ferracuti, Stefano [9 ]
Sani, Gabriele [1 ,2 ]
Pompili, Maurizio [1 ,2 ]
Girardi, Paolo [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Sapienza Univ Rome, NESMOS Dept Neurosci Mental Hlth & Sensory Organs, Fac Med & Psychol, Rome, Italy
[2] St Andrea Hosp, Unit Psychiat, Rome, Italy
[3] San Francesco Inst, Dept Psychiat Rehabil, P Alberto Mileno Onlus Fdn, Chieti, Italy
[4] Sapienza Univ, Resident Psychiat, Fac Med & Psychol, Rome, Italy
[5] Crossing Dialogues Assoc, Rome, Italy
[6] ATC SITCC, Studio Multiverso, Rome, Italy
[7] Guglielmo Marconi Univ, Fac Psychol, Mental Hlth Dept ASL RM 2, Rome, Italy
[8] Addict Observ ODDPSS, Rome, Italy
[9] Sapienza Univ, Dept Neurol & Psychiat, Rome, Italy
关键词
Empathy; Emotional face processing; Functional neuroimaging; fMRI; ALE meta-analysis; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; FMRI; ACTIVATION; RESPONSES; EMOTION; SYSTEMS; MIND;
D O I
10.1016/j.neulet.2017.06.058
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Objectives: Empathy is a human trait related to the ability to share someone else's feelings, and emotional face processing is one of its measures. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) studies showed significant neural correlates of empathic face processing. We aimed to identify those brain areas most consistently involved in empathy for emotional faces. Methods: We carried ALE meta-analysis of whole-brain data from fMRI studies during empathic face-processing tasks. We included 23 studies conducted on a total of 568 participants (247 males and 321 females, mean age 32.2 years). Results: Emotional vs. control faces processing significantly correlated with activations of the left anterior cingulate cortex (BA 32), right precentral gyrus (BA 6), left amygdala, right superior frontal gyrus (BA 9), left middle occipital gyrus (BA 37), right insula (BA 13), left putamen, and left posterior cingulate cortex (BA 31). Conclusions: Empathy is a complex process correlating with bi-hemispheric cortico-limbic activations involved in emotional cue processing, self-other/same-different discrimination, perspective-taking, theory of mind, emotional arousal, and decision-making. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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