Empathy: From Bench to Bedside

by Jean Decety

Book Overview

Recent work on empathy theory, research, and applications, by scholars from disciplines ranging from neuroscience to psychoanalysis.

There are many reasons for scholars to investigate empathy. Empathy plays a crucial role in human social interaction at all stages of life; it is thought to help motivate positive social behavior, inhibit aggression, and provide the affective and motivational bases for moral development; it is a necessary component...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026252595X
• ISBN13: 9780262525954
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher