Frontal Alpha Asymmetry Reveals a Relationship Between Human Approach Motivation and the Propensity to Take the Altercentric Perspective
Isa Zappullo,
Roberta Cecere,
Anna Lauro
et al.
Abstract:Frontal asymmetry in the EEG alpha frequency allows to distinguish greater left activation relating to approach motivation from greater right activation relating to withdrawal motivation. It has been mostly studied in the context of affective empathy. Instead, it remains unknown whether it can be specifically related to one key component of the cognitive dimension of empathy, i.e., visuospatial perspective-taking (VSPT). In the present study, we intended to bridge this gap. To this aim, we administered an impl… Show more
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