"Empathy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An individual's objective and insightful awareness of the feelings and behavior of another person. It should be distinguished from sympathy, which is usually nonobjective and noncritical. It includes caring, which is the demonstration of an awareness of and a concern for the good of others. (From Bioethics Thesaurus, 1992)
| Descriptor ID |
D004645
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.752.355 F01.752.543.500.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Empathy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Empathy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2012 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2015 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2016 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Empathy" by people in Profiles.
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Empathy in autistic children: Emotional overarousal in response to others' physical pain. Autism Res. 2024 08; 17(8):1640-1650.
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Physicians, Spirituality, and Compassionate Patient Care. N Engl J Med. 2024 Mar 21; 390(12):1061-1063.
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The role of external factors in affect-sharing and their neural bases. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2024 Feb; 157:105540.
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Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychopathic Traits in Justice-Involved Adult Women. J Pers Disord. 2023 04; 37(2):195-212.
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Well, That Could Have Gone Better. Acad Med. 2023 06 01; 98(6S):S37-S38.
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Using Bayesian Networks to Investigate Psychological Constructs: The Case of Empathy. Psychol Rep. 2024 Oct; 127(5):2334-2346.
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Improvisational and Standup Comedy, Graphic Medicine, and Theatre of the Oppressed to Teach Advancing Health Equity. Acad Med. 2022 12 01; 97(12):1732-1737.
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Adolescent and Young Adult Perspectives on Quality and Value in Health Care. Acad Pediatr. 2023 May-Jun; 23(4):782-789.
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Are empathic processes mechanisms of pregnancy's protective effect on smoking? Identification of a novel target for preventive intervention. Soc Sci Med. 2022 07; 305:115071.
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Psychopathic traits modulate functional connectivity during pain perception and perspective-taking in female inmates. Neuroimage Clin. 2022; 34:102984.