RT Article
T1 The right parietal lobe, sense of self, and empathy: cross-cultural, ethnic, and religious considerations
JF Mental health, religion & culture
VO 23
IS 5
SP 375
OP 397
A1 Cohen, Daniel
A1 Bhushan, Braj
A1 Hanks, Robin
A1 Yoon, Dong Pil
A1 Johnstone, Brick
A1 Hunt, Issac
LA English
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1839006455
AB This study extends previous research where empathy associated with increased right parietal lobe (RPL) "self-orientation" and left hemisphere (LH) "other-orientation" by investigating different cultural (India, US), ethnic (African American, Caucasian, South Asian), and religious (Christian, Hindu, Muslim) groupings. Participants included 108 individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and explored correlations between empathy and neuropsychological measures. Measures included neuropsychological indices of cerebral functional integrity (RPL, left frontal, left temporal) and self-report measures of affective and cognitive empathy. Pearson correlations showed increased RPL functioning positively and significantly associated with increased cognitive empathy for total, India, US, Christian, Muslim, African American, and South Asian samples. LH indices associated positively with both affective and cognitive empathy for US, Caucasian, and Christian participants. Contrary to hypotheses, indices of RPL functioning significantly but negatively associated with affective empathy for Indian, Muslim, and South Asian samples, possibly reflecting different conceptualisations of "self" in individualistic versus collectivist societies.
K1 Empathy
K1 TBI
K1 Culture
K1 Ethnicity
K1 Religion
K1 right parietal lobe
K1 Self
DO 10.1080/13674676.2020.1725454