Investigating the functional anatomy of empathy and forgiveness
Investigating the functional anatomy of empathy and forgiveness
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DOI：
10.1097/00001756-200108080-00029
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发表时间：
2001-08-08
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影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Woodruff, PWR
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作者：
Farrow, TFD;Zheng, Y;Woodruff, PWR
以前的脑功能成像研究表明，推断他人意图和精神状态（社会认知）的能力是由内侧前额叶皮层介导的。我们对移情和宽恕的解剖学知之甚少。我们使用功能性磁共振成像来检测大脑区域，这些区域通过判断他人的情绪状态和他们的罪行的可原谅性来参与。十名志愿者阅读并根据社会情景和高水平基线任务（社会推理）做出判断。移情判断和宽恕判断都激活了左额上级回、眶额回和楔前叶。同理心判断激活左前颞中回和左额下回，而宽恕性判断激活后扣带回。移情和可原谅性判断激活了人类大脑的特定区域，我们认为这有助于社会凝聚力。NeuroReport 12：2433-2438（C）2001 Lippincott威廉姆斯和威尔金斯。
Previous functional brain imaging studies suggest that the ability to infer the intentions and mental states of others (social cognition) is mediated by medial prefrontal cortex. Little is known about the anatomy of empathy and forgiveness. We used functional MRI to detect brain regions engaged by judging others' emotional states and the forgivability of their crimes. Ten volunteers read and made judgements based an social scenarios and a high level baseline task (social reasoning). Both empathic and forgivability judgements activated left superior frontal gyrus, orbitofrontal gyrus and precuneus. Empathic judgements also activated left anterior middle temporal and left inferior frontal gyri, while forgivability judgements activated posterior cingulate gyrus. Empathic and forgivability judgements activate specific regions of the human brain, which we propose contribute to social cohesion. NeuroReport 12:2433-2438 (C) 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.