Empathy in autistic children: Emotional overarousal in response to others' physical pain
Tianbi Li,
Jean Decety,
Zihui Hua
et al.
Abstract:Different empathic responses are often reported in autism but remain controversial. To investigate which component of empathy is most affected by autism, we examined the affective, cognitive, and motivational components of empathy in 25 5‐ to 8‐year‐old autistic and 27 neurotypical children. Participants were presented with visual stimuli depicting people's limbs in painful or nonpainful situations while their eye movements, pupillary responses, and verbal ratings of pain intensity and empathic concern were re… Show more
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