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Empathy

Empathy is a psychological process within the domain of socioemotional functioning that involves the capacity to perceive, understand, and vicariously share the emotional states of others, distinguished from related phenomena such as sympathy or compassion by its intrinsic affective and cognitive resonance with another’s experiential perspective.

15.3K

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1.2M

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32K

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5.9K

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2017–2026

5.2K

Variants

Development Of Empathy

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Publications

15.3K

The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation.

Roy F. Baumeister, Mark R. Leary · Psychological Bulletin · 1995 · 21.5K citations

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Measuring individual differences in empathy: Evidence for a multidimensional approach.

Mark H. Davis · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1983 · 9.6K citations

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Does the autistic child have a “theory of mind” ?

Simon Baron‐Cohen, Alan M. Leslie, Uta Frith · Cognition · 1985 · 8.4K citations

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Autistic disturbances of affective contact

Léo Kanner · The Nervous child · 1943 · 8.3K citations

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A multidimensional approach to individual differences in empathy

M. Edward Davis, Mark H. Davis, M. Edward Davis et al. · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1980 · 4.8K citations

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Authors

32K

  1. JD
    Jean Decety

    University of Chicago, United States

    86 publications · 21.5K citations

    67

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  2. NE
    Nancy Eisenberg

    Arizona State University, United States

    92 publications · 19.4K citations

    63

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  3. MH
    Mohammadreza Hojat

    Thomas Jefferson University, United States

    62 publications · 14K citations

    50

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  4. SB
    Simon Baron‐Cohen

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    64 publications · 24.3K citations

    48

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  5. CD
    C. Daniel Batson

    University of Kansas, United States

    53 publications · 19K citations

    48

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Institutions

5.9K

  1. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    80 h-index

    421 publications

    67.4K citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    75 h-index

    433 publications

    74.9K citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    74 h-index

    241 publications

    40.1K citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    66 h-index

    323 publications

    63.8K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    65 h-index

    247 publications

    24.5K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    65 h-index

    300 publications

    38.9K citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    64 h-index

    297 publications

    26.3K citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    63 h-index

    199 publications

    24.5K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    275 publications · 78.9K citations

    139

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  2. Personality and Individual Differences

    323 publications · 28.1K citations

    88

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  3. PLoS ONE

    226 publications · 17.9K citations

    70

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 129 publications · 36.1K citations

    68

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  5. Developmental Psychology

    123 publications · 17.5K citations

    67

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