Empathy for the pain of others: Sensitivity to the individual, not to the collective

2023/11/16 by Tom Gordon-Hecker, Tom Gordon‐Hecker, Ilan Yaniv +3 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Emotions and Moral Behavior #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Psychology of Social Influence

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2023.104561

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Citations

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Discussions

• More evidence of scope insensitivity in prosocial emotions and behavior: Participants' level of empathy was sensitive to the pain experienced by each individual, but not to the total number of individ [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]