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Compassion: An evolutionary analysis and empirical review (2010)
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| Venue: | Psychological Bulletin |
| Citations: | 56 - 7 self |
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@ARTICLE{Goetz10compassion:an,
author = {Jennifer L. Goetz and Dacher Keltner and Emiliana Simon-thomas},
title = {Compassion: An evolutionary analysis and empirical review},
journal = {Psychological Bulletin},
year = {2010}
}
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Abstract
converge on the hypothesis that compassion evolved as a distinct affective experience whose primary function is to facilitate cooperation and protection of the weak and those who suffer. Our empirical review reveals compassion to have distinct appraisal processes attuned to undeserved suffering; distinct signaling behavior related to caregiving patterns of touch, posture, and vocalization; and a phenomenological experience and physiological response that orients the individual to social approach. This response profile of compassion differs from those of distress, sadness, and love, suggesting that compassion is indeed a distinct emotion. We conclude by considering how compassion shapes moral judgment and action, how it varies across different cultures, and how it may engage specific patterns of neural activation, as well as emerging directions of research.
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empirical review evolutionary analysis moral judgment neural activation specific pattern phenomenological experience social approach undeserved suffering empirical review reveals compassion distinct affective experience response profile compassion differs physiological response distinct emotion different culture primary function distinct appraisal process
