The different role of trait empathy and state social exclusion empathy on subsequent feelings about gambling outcome：Evidence from event-related potentials and time-frequency decompositions

Lyu, Dong; Liu, Qingsong; Wang, Ailian; Pei, Guanxiong; Jin, Jia

doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.108369

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“…describe empathy as a malleable and highly flexible phenomenon. In line with this perspective, extraneous factors that have been shown to modulate an individual’s empathic state include positive or negative daily affect ( Nezlek et al ., 2001 ), interpersonal closeness ( Batson et al , 2002 ; Cialdini et al, 1997 ; Simpson et al ., 1995 ; Lyu et al ., 2022 ), length of interaction ( Powell and Roberts, 2017 ), and the size of the interaction group ( Davis et al ., 1996 ). Others suggest that motivation to respond empathically or avoid empathic responding can vary as a function of the empathizer’s characteristics as well as situational factors ( Cikara et al ., 2014 ; Zaki, 2014 ).…”

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The impact of acute violent videogame exposure on neurocognitive markers of empathic concern

Ritchie,

Compton,

Oliver

et al. 2024

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

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Research examining the purported association between violent gaming and aggression remains controversial due to concerns related to methodology, unclear neurocognitive mechanisms, and the failure to adequately consider the role of individual differences in susceptibility. To help address these concerns, we used fMRI and an emotional empathy task to examine whether acute and cumulative violent gaming exposure were associated with abnormalities in emotional empathy as a function of trait-empathy. Emotional empathy was targeted given its involvement in regulating not only aggression, but also other important social functions such as compassion and prosocial behaviour. We hypothesized that violent media exposure increases the risk of aberrant social behaviour by altering the aversive value of distress cues. Contrary to expectations, neither behavioural ratings nor empathy-related brain activity varied as a function of violent gaming exposure. Notably, however, activation patterns in somatosensory and motor cortices reflected an interaction between violent media exposure and trait empathy. Thus, our results are inconsistent with a straightforward relationship between violent media exposure and reduced empathy. Furthermore, they highlight the importance of considering both individual differences in susceptibility, and other aspects of cognition related to social functioning to best inform public concern regarding safe gaming practices.

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