Empathy :  from bench to bedside / 
edited by Jean Decety. 
 - ix, 324 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
 - Social neuroscience series .
 - Social neuroscience series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>I Philosophical and anthropological perspectives on empathy -- II The contribution of social psychology -- III Evolutionary roots of empathy -- IV The development of empathy -- V The neuroscience of empathy and caring -- VI Empathy in clinical practice -- --  Introduction : why is empathy so important? /  Philosophical and anthropological perspectives on empathy --  Empathy without isomorphism: a phenomenological account /  Empathy, evolution, and human nature /  The contribution of social psychology --  The empathy-altruism hypothesis: issues and implications /  It's more than skin deep: empathy and helping behavior across social groups /  Empathy is not always as personal as you may think: the use of stereotypes in empathic accuracy /  Evolutionary roots of empathy --  Empathy in primates and other mammals /  The development of empathy --  Nature and forms of empathy in the first years of life /  Social-cognitive contributors to young children's empathic and prosocial behavior /  Relations of empathy-related responding to children's and adolescents' social competence /  The neuroscience of empathy and caring --  How children develop empathy: the contribution of developmental affective neuroscience /  Empathy and compassion: a cognitive neuroscience perspective /  The cognitive neuroscience of sharing and understanding others' emotions /  Empathy in clinical practice --  Clinical empathy in medical care /  The costs of empathy among health professionals /  The empathic response in clinical practice: antecedents and consequences /  The paradox of teaching empathy in medical education /  Empathy and neuroscience: a psychoanalytic perspective /  Jean Decety -- --  Dan Zahavi and Søren Overgaard --  Allan Young -- --  C. Daniel Batson --  Stephanie Echols and Joshua Correll --  Karyn L. Lewis and Sara D. Hodges -- --  Frans B.M. de Waal -- --  Sharee Light and Carolyn Zahn-Waxler --  Amrisha Vaish and Felix Warneken --  Nancy Eisenberg, Snjezana Huerta and Alison Edwards -- --  Jean Decety and Kalina J. Michalska --  Abigail A. Marsh --  Jamil Zaki and Kevin Ochsner -- --  Jodi Halpern --  Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht and Jean Decety --  Charles R. Figley --  Johanna Shapiro --  David M. Terman.  I  II  III  IV  V  VI 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>026252595X 9780262525954 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Empathy.<br/>Neurosciences.<br/>Social psychology
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF575.E55  / E463 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>152.41