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Understanding other's emotions: From affective resonance to empathic action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2003

Lisa A. Parr
Lisa A. Parr
Affiliation:
Division of Psychobiology, Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Atlanta, GA 30329 [email protected] http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/i/people/parr.html
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Abstract

Empathy is a developmental process whereby individuals come to understand the emotional states of others. While the exact nature of this process remains unknown, PAM's utility is that it establishes empathy along a continuum of behavior ranging from emotional contagion to cognitive forms, a very useful distinction for understanding the phylogeny and ontogeny of this important process. The model will undoubtedly fuel future research, especially from comparative domains where data are most problematic.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 44 - 45
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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