Measuring empathy: A statistical physics grounded approach

Johann R. Kleinbub, Arianna Palmieri, Franco F. Orsucci, Silvia Andreassi, Nicolò Musmeci, Enrico Benelli, Alessandro Giuliani and Giulio de Felice

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2019, vol. 526, issue C

Abstract: Empathy plays a major role in changing a pathological mind’s configuration, and the establishment of an empathic link between therapist and patient is a crucial component of a good therapeutic alliance and outcome. Yet, the definition of empathy and its facets is still under debate, limiting the development of objective quantitative measures. Most authors, though, agree that a fundamental immediate resonance, based on mimicry, contagion, and interpersonal regulation, is among the grounding processes of empathy.

Keywords: Shared physiology; Psychotherapy; Hearth rate; Physiological synchronization; Statistical physics; Principal component analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2019.04.215

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