Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-t5tsf Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-05T03:20:04.074Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Cognitive empathy presupposes self-awareness: Evidence from phylogeny, ontogeny, neuropsychology, and mental illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2003

Gordon G. Gallup  and
Steven M. Platek
Gordon G. Gallup
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY 12222 [email protected][email protected] http://www.albany.edu/~gallup 12222.<\p>[email protected][email protected]://www.albany.edu/~galluphttp://www.albany.edu/~sp5681
Steven M. Platek
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY 12222 [email protected][email protected] http://www.albany.edu/~gallup 12222.<\p>[email protected][email protected]://www.albany.edu/~galluphttp://www.albany.edu/~sp5681
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

We argue that cognitive empathy and other instances of mental state attribution are a byproduct of self-awareness. Evidence is brought to bear on this proposition from comparative psychology, early child development, neuropsychology, and abnormal behavior.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 36 - 37
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)