The way our brain responds to others’ good fortune is linked to how empathetic people report themselves to be, according to new UCL-led research.
The study, published today in the Journal of Neuroscience and funded by the Medical Research Council, shows that a part of the brain called the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) seems particularly attuned to other people’s good news, but how it responds varies substantially depending on our levels of empathy.
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