• DOI:10.1353/nar.2006.0015
Corpus ID: 52228354

A Theory of Narrative Empathy

@article{Keen2006ATO,
  title={A Theory of Narrative Empathy},
  author={Suzanne Keen},
  journal={Narrative},
  year={2006},
  volume={14},
  pages={207 - 236}
}

• Suzanne Keen
• Published 2006
• Psychology
• Narrative

We are living in a time when the activation of mirror neurons in the brains of onlookers can be recorded as they witness another’s actions and emotional reactions. 1 Contemporary neuroscience has brought us much closer to an understanding of the neural basis for human mind reading and emotion sharing abilities—the mechanisms underlying empathy. The activation of onlookers’ mirror neurons by a coach’s demonstration of technique or an internal visualization of proper form and by representations… Expand