Neural mechanisms of empathy in humans: A relay from neural systems for imitation to limbic areas
Neural mechanisms of empathy in humans: A relay from neural systems for imitation to limbic areas
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DOI：
10.1073/pnas.0935845100
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发表时间：
2003-04-29
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Lenzi, GL
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作者：
Carr, L;Iacoboni, M;Lenzi, GL
我们如何与他人共情？行为表征调节情绪活动的机制可能为共情提供了一个重要的功能架构。上级颞叶和下级额叶皮层是动作表征的关键区域，并通过小脑连接到边缘系统。因此，情感可能是从动作表征到情感的关键中继。我们使用功能米尔，而受试者要么模仿或只是观察情绪面部表情。对情绪的模仿和观察激活了一个在很大程度上相似的大脑区域网络。在这个网络中，与观察情绪相比，模仿过程中运动前区（包括下额叶皮层、上级颞叶皮层、杏仁核和杏仁核）的活动更活跃。我们通过一种允许同理心并调节我们的情感内容的行动表征机制来理解他人的感受。在这一机制中，劳动力市场发挥着根本性的作用。
How do we empathize with others? A mechanism according to which action representation modulates emotional activity may provide an essential functional architecture for empathy. The superior temporal and inferior frontal cortices are critical areas for action representation and are connected to the limbic system via the insula. Thus, the insula may be a critical relay from action representation to emotion. We used functional Mill while subjects were either imitating or simply observing emotional facial expressions. Imitation and observation of emotions activated a largely similar network of brain areas. Within this network, there was greater activity during imitation, compared with observation of emotions, in premotor areas including the inferior frontal cortex, as well as in the superior temporal cortex, insula, and amygdala. We understand what others feel by a mechanism of action representation that allows empathy and modulates our emotional content. The insula plays a fundamental role in this mechanism.