Understanding emotions

Question 1

Perspective taking

Answer 1

Mental perspective taking involves MPC TPC and TPJ

Question 2

Sympathy

Answer 2

Understanding others’ feelings without feeling them yourself

Question 3

Empathy

Answer 3

Understanding anothers feelings and sharing those.

Question 4

4 component processes for empathy

Answer 4

1. Sharing is automatic and relies on somatosensory, insula and ACC
2. Distinction between self and other w parietal lobe, pref and insula
3. Mental flexibitily allowing adaptation of perspective is recruited by medial and dorsolateral prefrontal regions
4. Regulation of emotion by ACC and lateral/ventromedial pref. (vmPFC)