The Social Neuroscience of Empathy

by Jean Decety, William Ickes, Dashka Slater

Book Overview

Cross-disciplinary, cutting-edge work on human empathy from the perspectives of social, cognitive, developmental and clinical psychology and cognitive/affective neuroscience.

In recent decades, empathy research has blossomed into a vibrant and multidisciplinary field of study. The social neuroscience approach to the subject is premised on the idea that studying empathy at multiple levels (biological, cognitive, and social) will lead to a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262515997
• ISBN13: 9780262515993
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher