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Nov 16, 2022

Empathy Estimated Using Single-Cell Recordings in Human Brain

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Can we measure empathy?

๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐”๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž-๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง

๐˜ผ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™‡๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™ฏ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ก๐™– ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™™๐™š๐™จ ๐™š๐™ข๐™—๐™š๐™™๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ช๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™ช๐™–๐™ก ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ก๐™š๐™ฅ๐™จ๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™š๐™ฌ๐™š๐™™ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ. ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™ž๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™ข๐™š๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ข๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™  ๐™ค๐™› ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ช๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ.


Using intracranial electroencephalographic (iEEG) recordings and single-cell recordings from the human insulae in patients with epilepsy who have electrodes embedded in their brains, scientists have analyzed the contribution of the insula in our ability to understand the pain of others. The study improves our understanding of the inherent differences in peopleโ€™s ability to empathize and react to the pain of others, as well as potential mechanisms for the lack of empathy in certain neuropsychiatric conditions.

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