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- Title Pages
- Introduction: Why Is Empathy so Important?
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1 Empathy without Isomorphism: A Phenomenological Account -
2 Empathy, Evolution, and Human Nature Allan Young -
3 The Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis: Issues and Implications -
4 It’s More than Skin Deep: Empathy and Helping Behavior across Social Groups -
5 Empathy Is Not Always as Personal as You May Think: The Use of Stereotypes in Empathic Accuracy -
6 Empathy in Primates and Other Mammals -
7 Nature and Forms of Empathy in the First Years of Life -
8 Social-Cognitive Contributors to Young Children’s Empathic and Prosocial behavior -
9 Relations of Empathy-Related Responding to Children’s and Adolescents’ Social Competence -
10 How Children Develop Empathy: The Contribution of Developmental Affective Neuroscience -
11 Empathy and Compassion: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective -
12 The Cognitive Neuroscience of Sharing and Understanding Others’ Emotions -
13 Clinical Empathy in Medical Care -
14 The Costs of Empathy among Health Professionals -
15 The Empathic Response in Clinical Practice: Antecedents and Consequences -
16 The Paradox of Teaching Empathy in Medical Education -
17 Empathy and Neuroscience: A Psychoanalytic Perspective - Contributors
- Author Index
- Subject Index
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- Title Pages
- Introduction: Why Is Empathy so Important?
-
1 Empathy without Isomorphism: A Phenomenological Account -
2 Empathy, Evolution, and Human Nature Allan Young -
3 The Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis: Issues and Implications -
4 It’s More than Skin Deep: Empathy and Helping Behavior across Social Groups -
5 Empathy Is Not Always as Personal as You May Think: The Use of Stereotypes in Empathic Accuracy -
6 Empathy in Primates and Other Mammals -
7 Nature and Forms of Empathy in the First Years of Life -
8 Social-Cognitive Contributors to Young Children’s Empathic and Prosocial behavior -
9 Relations of Empathy-Related Responding to Children’s and Adolescents’ Social Competence -
10 How Children Develop Empathy: The Contribution of Developmental Affective Neuroscience -
11 Empathy and Compassion: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective -
12 The Cognitive Neuroscience of Sharing and Understanding Others’ Emotions -
13 Clinical Empathy in Medical Care -
14 The Costs of Empathy among Health Professionals -
15 The Empathic Response in Clinical Practice: Antecedents and Consequences -
16 The Paradox of Teaching Empathy in Medical Education -
17 Empathy and Neuroscience: A Psychoanalytic Perspective - Contributors
- Author Index
- Subject Index
