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| Title |
Constructing Memory, Imagination, and Empathy: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00576 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Brendan Gaesser |
| Abstract |
Studies on memory, imagination, and empathy have largely progressed in isolation. Consequently, humans' empathic tendencies to care about and help other people are considered independent of our ability to remember and imagine events. Despite this theoretical autonomy, work from across psychology, and neuroscience suggests that these cognitive abilities may be linked. In the present paper, I tentatively propose that humans' ability to vividly imagine specific events (as supported by constructive memory) may facilitate prosocial intentions and behavior. Evidence of a relationship between memory, imagination, and empathy comes from research that shows imagination influences the perceived and actual likelihood an event occurs, improves intergroup relations, and shares a neural basis with memory and empathy. Although many questions remain, this paper outlines a new direction for research that investigates the role of imagination in promoting empathy and prosocial behavior. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |
| Canada | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 5 | 63% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 75% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 13% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 171 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Israel | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 162 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 35 | 20% |
| Researcher | 26 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 7% |
| Other | 31 | 18% |
| Unknown | 23 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 76 | 44% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 8% |
| Neuroscience | 14 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 21 | 12% |
| Unknown | 33 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 38. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 January 2021.
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