From ancient consolation and negative care to modern empathy and the neurosciences

Reich, Warren T.

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“…Among humans, a sense of shared humanity is believed to mediate consolation [2]. Does a shared sense of ‘chimpness’ mediate consolation in adult chimpanzees?…”

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“…Consolation, in this view, soothes anxiety and our existential vulnerability, and draws on a shared sense of humanity, empathy, trust and perspective-taking. Scholarship on consolation dates back to the Greco-Roman world, and unlike mere empathic perspective-taking that does not necessitate action, consolation requires action in response to the recognition of the plight of the other [2]. …”

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Consolation in the aftermath of robberies resembles post-aggression consolation in chimpanzees

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Post-aggression consolation is assumed to occur in humans as well as in chimpanzees. While consolation following peer aggression has been observed in children, systematic evidence of consolation in human adults is rare. We used surveillance camera footage of the immediate aftermath of nonfatal robberies to observe the behaviors and characteristics of victims and bystanders. Consistent with empathy explanations, we found that consolation was linked to social closeness rather than physical closeness. While females were more likely to console than males, males and females were equally likely to be consoled. Furthermore, we show that high levels of threat during the robbery increased the likelihood of receiving consolation afterwards. These patterns resemble post-aggression consolation in chimpanzees and suggest that emotions of empathic concern are involved in consolation across humans and chimpanzees.

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“…Among humans, a sense of shared humanity is believed to mediate consolation [2]. Does a shared sense of ‘chimpness’ mediate consolation in adult chimpanzees?…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consolation in the aftermath of robberies resembles post-aggression consolation in chimpanzees

et al. 2017

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“…The literature reviewed for this study described various means of comforting children, for example being attuned to cues of distress and implementing comforting measures, such as listening, talking and touching, being kind, showing children respect, playing and developing a trusting relationship (Kolcaba 2003, Schmidt et al 2007, Cantrell and Matula 2009, Lu et al 2011, Reich 2012, Ångström-Brännström et al 2013, Carnevale and Gaudreault 2013, Ångström-Brännström and Norberg 2014.…”

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Comforting measures described by staff working in paediatric units

Ångström-Brännström

2017

Nursing Children and Young People

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Aim Children with cancer identify staff members, who work with them in paediatric units, as their most important comforters. This study aimed to shed light on how those staff members deliver this comfort. Methods Semi-structured interviews were performed and the content then analysed. Nine families (n=9) and eight staff members (n=8) participated in the study. Findings The staff described caring for the children and the whole family. They implemented certain comforting measures with the child, and described how they provided support to parents. Staff described how they felt comforted by relating to the children they were caring for. Conclusion Staff working in paediatric units develop good relationships with children and parents and comfort them using methods described in the literature. The quality of the staff's positive relationships with the children marked all their actions.

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“…Esta base se fundamentaría, cuando menos en parte, en el sistema de las "neuronas en espejo", descubiertas por Giacomo Rizzolati en la década de los noventa del siglo XX (Rizzolatti, 2001). Este sistema de redes neuronales activa regiones de la corteza cerebral análogas a la función cuando los sujetos son testigos de la acción, percepción, dolor o de la alegría de otro sujeto; en otras palabras, de alguna manera capacita fisiológicamente a los sujetos para sentir empatía por los estados funcionales neuronales de los semejantes (Rubia Vila, 2011;Reich, 2012).…”

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Neuroética: una introducción

Álvarez-Díaz¹

2014

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La neuroética puede entenderse de dos formas: entre 1973 y 2002 se entendió como una “ética de la neurociencia”, y a partir de 2002 se ha entendido también como una “neurociencia de la ética”. En el primer sentido no sería más que una rama de la bioética sin novedad alguna. En el segundo sentido algunos consideran que se trata de un nuevo saber, una nueva forma de fundamentar la ética desde la neurobiología y no desde el saber filosófico. En su primera década de desarrollo hay dos puntos en los que coinciden prácticamente todos los autores. En este trabajo se aborda el desarrollo de estas dos bases que resultan necesarias para construir o para criticar la neuroética en tanto que “neurociencia de la ética”.

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From ancient consolation and negative care to modern empathy and the neurosciences

Cited by 8 publications

References 6 publications

Consolation in the aftermath of robberies resembles post-aggression consolation in chimpanzees

Consolation in the aftermath of robberies resembles post-aggression consolation in chimpanzees

Comforting measures described by staff working in paediatric units

Neuroética: una introducción

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