Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Philosophical and Anthropological Perspectives on Empathy
  • 1. Empathy without Isomorphism: A Phenomenological Account / Søren Overgaard
  • 2. Empathy, Evolution, and Human Nature / Allan Young
  • II. The Contribution of Social Psychology
  • 3. The Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis: Issues and Implications / C. Daniel Batson
  • 4. It's More than Skin Deep: Empathy and Helping Behavior across Social Groups / Joshua Correll
  • 5. Empathy Is Not Always as Personal as You May Think: The Use of Stereotypes in Empathic Accuracy / Sara D. Hodges
  • III. Evolutionary Roots of Empathy
  • 6. Empathy in Primates and Other Mammals / Frans B.M. de Waal
  • IV. The Development of Empathy
  • 7. Nature and Forms of Empathy in the First Years of Life / Carolyn Zahn-Waxler
  • 8. Social-Cognitive Contributors to Young Children's Empathic and Prosocial Behavior / Felix Warneken
  • 9. Relations of Empathy-Related Responding to Children's and Adolescents' Social Competence / Alison Edwards
  • V. The Neuroscience of Empathy and Caring
  • 10. How Children Develop Empathy: The Contribution of Developmental Affective Neuroscience / Kalina J. Michalska
  • 11. Empathy and Compassion: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective / Abigail A. Marsh
  • 12. The Cognitive Neuroscience of Sharing and Understanding Others' Emotions / Kevin Ochsner
  • VI. Empathy in Clinical Practice
  • 13. Clinical Empathy in Medical Care / Jodi Halpern
  • 14. The Costs of Empathy among Health Professionals / Jean Decety
  • 15. The Empathic Response in Clinical Practice: Antecedents and Consequences / Charles R. Figley
  • 16. The Paradox of Teaching Empathy in Medical Education / Johanna Shapiro
  • 17. Empathy and Neuroscience: A Psychoanalytic Perspective / David M. Terman.