On the interaction of social affect and cognition: empathy, compassion and theory of mind

Preckel, Katrin; Kanske, Philipp; Singer, Tania

doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.07.010

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“…Our ability to develop social competencies and emotions, such as empathy and compassion, is essential for our wellbeing, successful communication, and cooperative interactions in society (Klimecki, Leiberg, Lamm, & Singer, 2013;Preckel, Kanske, & Singer, 2018;Valk et al, 2017). The benefits and vital role of empathy and compassion to improve healthcare, patient satisfaction and outcomes, and clinician wellbeing is well-documented (Bauer-Wu & Fontaine, 2015;Duarte & Pinto-Gouveia, 2017;Lown, 2014;Seppala, Hutcherson, Nguyen, Doty, & Gross, 2014).…”

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Contesting the term ‘compassion fatigue’: Integrating findings from social neuroscience and self-care research

2020

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Background: Nurses describe work-related distress and exhaustion as compassion fatigue and burnout. However, neuroscientists confirm compassion does not cause fatigue. Aim: This discussion paper explains contemporary social neuroscience evidence about empathy, emotion regulation, and compassion, then discusses evidence-informed strategies to cultivate effective self-care practices and compassion. Methods: The argument draws on relevant empirical evidence and literature to raise awareness, improve understanding, and spark dialogue and reconceptualisation of these critical issues within the nursing context. Findings and discussion: Functional magnetic resonance imaging studies show the debilitating condition known as compassion fatigue should be called 'empathic distress fatigue'. This distinction matters because the strategy to ease empathic distress fatigue is compassion training. The capacity to remain clear about the 'self-other' distinction is called emotion regulation. Without emotion regulation skills, our 'self-other' distinction is blurred so we absorb another's suffering and negative emotions as our own and experience empathic distress fatigue. Yet, much of this knowledge is not implemented within the nursing context. On the contrary, the topic of compassion fatigue continues to dominate education and research. This knowledge gap is significant because healthcare leaders cannot address the distress of its workforce and strengthen cultures without understanding its causes. Conclusion: Evidence from social neuroscience and self-care studies offers promising new knowledge to design strategies to foster self-care, self-compassion, emotion regulation, and ease empathic distress fatigue. These strategies and practices for renewal support the raison d'être of nursing which is to provide quality, safe, compassionate care for patients and their families by resilient nurses.

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Contesting the term ‘compassion fatigue’: Integrating findings from social neuroscience and self-care research

2020

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“…To expand upon these points, selfishness may be seen as an essential developmental stage. The distinction between self and other is a necessary foundation for the experiences of empathy, compassion and cooperation (Hughes, 2012;Preikel et al, 2018). These can be attributed to our warm-blooded heritage and are demonstrated in many nonhuman animal species as diverse as bonobos (humans' closest genetic relatives), humpback whales, vampire bats, Norway rats and grey parrots (Buehler, 2020;Ricard, 2017).…”

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Sexbots: Drawing on Tibetan Buddhism and the Tantric tradition

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2020

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The plethora of technologies offering to match us up with our perfect partners, or to provide us with the ultimate sexual high, evidences our unfulfilled need for sexual and emotional companionship and fulfilment, together with the difficulties of embodying our fantasies in this arena. Sentient, self-aware sex robots [henceforth, sexbots] customised as companions to cater for our unique individual intimacy needs through deep learning capabilities will be designed to provide us with both. They will revolutionise our sexual, emotional and spiritual intimate and domestic lives. Implications of this transformation for hopes of a harmonious future where humans, post-Singularity intelligent robots, sexbots and all other sentient beings can flourish are explored. With the greatest respect, tentative suggestions for ways forward drawing on Tibetan Buddhism and the Tantric tradition are offered in order to foster a post-Singularity future where all sentient beings, including super-compassionate superintelligent robots, sexbots, humans and nonhuman animals, can flourish.

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“…Indeed, Nicholson et al 2013 found that children with stronger empathy skills were able to interpret verbal irony more accurately and more quickly. Empathy and TOM are both required to understand social situations and share a number of component processes, including the self-other distinction (Preckel et al 2018). Empathy and TOM are related skills in typical development and both show improvement in the early school years (Bensalah et al 2016), when children's irony appreciation skills are also improving.…”

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Addressing the Challenge of Verbal Irony: Getting Serious about Sarcasm Training

2019

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In verbal irony, the speaker’s intended meaning can be counterfactual to the literal meaning of their words. This form of figurative language can help speakers achieve a number of communicative aims, but also presents an interpretive challenge for some listeners. There is debate about the skills that support the acquisition of irony comprehension in typical development, and about why verbal irony presents a challenge for many individuals, including children with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders and second-language learners. Researchers have explored teaching verbal irony in a very small number of training studies in disparate fields. We bring together and review this limited research. We argue that a focus on training studies in future research could address a number of theoretical questions about irony comprehension and could help refine interventions for individuals who struggle with this form of social language.

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On the interaction of social affect and cognition: empathy, compassion and theory of mind

Cited by 242 publications

References 53 publications

Contesting the term ‘compassion fatigue’: Integrating findings from social neuroscience and self-care research

Contesting the term ‘compassion fatigue’: Integrating findings from social neuroscience and self-care research

Sexbots: Drawing on Tibetan Buddhism and the Tantric tradition

Addressing the Challenge of Verbal Irony: Getting Serious about Sarcasm Training

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