The role of trait empathy in the processing of observed actions in a false-belief task.
empathy
error
expectancy
oERN
theta power
Journal
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience
ISSN: 1749-5024
Titre abrégé: Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101288795
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
30 01 2020
30 01 2020
Historique:
received:
10
12
2018
revised:
11
12
2019
accepted:
14
01
2020
pubmed:
30
1
2020
medline:
9
6
2021
entrez:
30
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Empathic brain responses are characterized by overlapping activations between active experience and observation of an emotion in another person, with the pattern for observation being modulated by trait empathy. Also for self-performed and observed errors, similar brain activity has been described, but findings concerning the role of empathy are mixed. We hypothesized that trait empathy modulates the processing of observed responses if expectations concerning the response are based on the beliefs of the observed person. In the present study, we utilized a false-belief task in which observed person's and observer's task-related knowledge were dissociated and errors and correct responses could be expected or unexpected. While theta power was generally modulated by the expectancy of the observed response, a negative mediofrontal event-related potential (ERP) component was more pronounced for unexpected observed actions only in participants with higher trait empathy (assessed by the Empathy Quotient), as revealed by linear mixed effects analyses. Cognitive and affective empathy, assessed by the Interpersonal Reactivity Index, were not significantly related to the ERP component. The results suggest that trait empathy can facilitate the generation of predictions and thereby modulate specific aspects of the processing of observed actions, while the contributions of specific empathy components remain unclear.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31993669
pii: 5716607
doi: 10.1093/scan/nsaa009
pmc: PMC7171373
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
53-61Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press.
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