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Emotional and cognitive processing in empathy and moral behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2003

Paul J. Eslinger ,
Jorge Moll  and
Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza
Paul J. Eslinger
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine (Neurology), Behavioral Science, and Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Penn State University, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey PA 17033 peslinger@psu.edu
Jorge Moll
Affiliation:
Neuroimaging and Behavioral Neurology Group (GNNC), Hospitais D'Or and LABS, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil jmoll@neuroimage.com neuropsychiatry@hotmail.com
Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza
Affiliation:
Neuroimaging and Behavioral Neurology Group (GNNC), Hospitais D'Or and LABS, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil jmoll@neuroimage.com neuropsychiatry@hotmail.com
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Abstract

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Within the perception-action framework, the underlying mechanisms of empathy and its related processes of moral behavior need to be investigated. fMRI studies have shown different frontal cortex activation patterns during automatic processing and judgment tasks when stimuli have moral content. Clinical neuropsychological studies reveal different patterns of empathic alterations after dorsolateral versus orbital frontal cortex damage, related to deficient cognitive and emotional processing. These processing streams represent different neural levels and mechanisms underlying empathy.

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Brief Report
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 34 - 35
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press