PMID- 22156723
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130507
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1749-5024 (Electronic)
IS  - 1749-5016 (Print)
IS  - 1749-5016 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 8
DP  - 2012 Nov
TI  - Can we share the joy of others? Empathic neural responses to distress vs joy.
PG  - 909-16
LID - 10.1093/scan/nsr073 [doi]
AB  - The neural bases of empathy have been examined mainly in the context of reacting 
      to others' distress, while almost no attention has been paid to the mechanisms by 
      which we share others' joy. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we 
      demonstrated that the same neural network mediates judgment of the emotional 
      state of the other in response to both negative and positive events through 
      empathy-related structures, such as the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), the 
      insula, the superior temporal sulcus (STS) and the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG). 
      However, the responses of the MPFC, bilateral insula and the right IFG to 
      negative experiences occurring to the other (but not to the self) were found to 
      be much more intense than the responses to positive experiences, indicating that 
      humans have a remarkable ability to share the distress of others, but may react 
      less to the joy of others.
FAU - Perry, Daniella
AU  - Perry D
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Israel.
FAU - Hendler, Talma
AU  - Hendler T
FAU - Shamay-Tsoory, Simone G
AU  - Shamay-Tsoory SG
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20111206
PL  - England
TA  - Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci
JT  - Social cognitive and affective neuroscience
JID - 101288795
RN  - S88TT14065 (Oxygen)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Analysis of Variance
MH  - Brain/blood supply/*physiology
MH  - *Brain Mapping
MH  - Cognition
MH  - *Empathy
MH  - Female
MH  - *Happiness
MH  - Humans
MH  - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
MH  - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MH  - Male
MH  - Nerve Net/blood supply/*physiology
MH  - Neuropsychological Tests
MH  - Oxygen/blood
PMC - PMC3501705
EDAT- 2011/12/14 06:00
MHDA- 2013/05/08 06:00
PMCR- 2013/11/01
CRDT- 2011/12/14 06:00
PHST- 2011/12/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/12/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/05/08 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2013/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - nsr073 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/scan/nsr073 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2012 Nov;7(8):909-16. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsr073. Epub 
      2011 Dec 6.