The sociopath amongst us: the neural basis of empathy disorders

我们当中的反社会者：共情障碍的神经基础

• 批准号: DP150100226
• 负责人: Prof Skye McDonald
• 金额: $ 27.52万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2015-03-01 至 2019-12-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP150100226
• 关键词: sociopath; amongst; us; neural; basis

Empathy is fundamental to human relations. Despite this, little is known about its underlying mechanisms. This project tests whether empathy relies upon us simulating the emotion of others in ourselves, and if so, at which stage this occurs. It is significant because it tests several competing theories to advance a coherent model of empathy that can be used to understand human social behaviour. It is innovative because it focuses on adults with brain lesions. This is a powerful means to examine brain mechanisms underpinning empathy, yielding insights not available from observation of healthy adults. It is expected to provide a leap forward in understanding the neuroscience of social behaviour.

同理心是人际关系的基础。尽管如此，人们对其基本机制知之甚少。这个项目测试同理心是否依赖于我们在自己身上模拟他人的情感，如果是的话，这种情况发生在哪个阶段。它很重要，因为它测试了几种相互竞争的理论，以提出一个可用于理解人类社会行为的连贯的同理心模型。它具有创新性，因为它关注的是患有脑损伤的成年人。这是检查支持同理心的大脑机制的有力手段，可以产生通过观察健康成年人无法获得的见解。预计它将为理解社会行为的神经科学提供一个飞跃。