Open AccessA Pilot Study of Perspective Taking and Emotional Contagion in Mental Health Professionals: Glass Brain View of Empathy
Author(s) -
Rajakumari P. Reddy,
Anna R. Mathulla,
Jamuna Rajeswaran
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.1177/0253717620973380
Subject(s) - empathy , psychology , precuneus , functional magnetic resonance imaging , interpersonal reactivity index , context (archaeology) , cognitive psychology , cognition , brain activity and meditation , perspective taking , neuroscience , psychiatry , paleontology , electroencephalography , biology
Empathy plays a fundamental role in the context of psychotherapy. Mental health professionals (MHP) are required to express empathy on a daily basis. "Perspective taking" (cognitive empathy) and "emotional contagion" (affective empathy) are elements of empathy that are both innate and acquired. This study aimed to explore the underlying neural correlates of empathy using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).