Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6034532 NeuroImage 2011 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
►The fMRI correlates of prosocial sentiments (e.g., guilt, pity and embarrassment) have been previously explored. ►Prosocial sentiments are crucial for adaptive social behaviors and for emotional empathy. ►Fronto-temporal dementia patients show severely impaired social behaviors and reduced empathy. ►Prosocial feeling impairments were selectively associated frontopolar cortex and septal hypometabolism. ►Anger/disgust was associated with dorsolateral prefrontal and amygdala hypometabolism.
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