Santiesteban, Idalmis, Hales, Clare, Bowling, Natalie, Ward, Jamie and Banissy, Michael
(2024)
Atypical emotion sharing in individuals with mirror sensory synaesthesia.
Cognitive Neuropsychology, 40 (7-8).
pp. 1-14.
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Abstract
Being able to empathise with others is a crucial ability in everyday life. However, this does not usually entail feeling the pain of others in our own bodies. For individuals with mirror-sensory synaesthesia (MSS), however, this form of empathic embodiment is a common feature. Our study investigates the empathic ability of adults who experience MSS using a video-based empathy task. We found that MSS participants did not differ from controls on emotion identification and affective empathy; however, they showed higher affect sharing (degree to which their affect matches what they attribute to others) than controls. This finding indicates difficulties with self-other distinction, which our data shows results in fewer signs of prosocial behaviour. Our findings are in line with the self-other control theory of MSS and highlight how the use of appropriate empathy measures can contribute to our understanding of this important socio-affective ability, both in typical and atypical populations.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans, Perceptual Disorders, Emotions, Empathy, Adult, Female, Male, Young Adult, Synesthesia |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 17 May 2024 09:37 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Sep 2024 09:39 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02643294.2024.2353581 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3181746 |
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