About the book
Empathy – the ability to understand and share the feeling of others - is a vital skill for social functioning since it participates in the quality of life. Empathy contributes to the interpersonal social life satisfaction between us, and the people who we care about. It improves the relationship between caregivers and care recipients, helps to avoid aggressive and unpleasant situations with others, and promotes prosocial behaviors. Due to its key role in society, clinicians, neuropsychologists, and scientific researchers have investigated the variables involved, the original methods and procedures to elicit it, and the practical implications.
The present book intends to provide to the reader a comprehensive overview of the state of art in empathy studies, embracing the different theoretical points of view and illustrating the advanced research such as the application of new technologies to promote perspective-taking. The critical aspects and the future directions of the study on empathy will also be presented.
