Is there a core neural network in empathy? An fMRI based quantitative meta-analysis

@article{Fan2011IsTA,
  title={Is there a core neural network in empathy? An fMRI based quantitative meta-analysis},
  author={Yan Fan and N. Duncan and M. D. Greck and G. Northoff},
  journal={Neuroscience \& Biobehavioral Reviews},
  year={2011},
  volume={35},
  pages={903-911}
}
Whilst recent neuroimaging studies have identified a series of different brain regions as being involved in empathy, it remains unclear concerning the activation consistence of these brain regions and their specific functional roles. Using MKDA, a whole-brain based quantitative meta-analysis of recent fMRI studies of empathy was performed. This analysis identified the dACC-aMCC-SMA and bilateral anterior insula as being consistently activated in empathy. Hypothesizing that what are here termed… Expand
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