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. 2017 Jan:40:e361.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X17001698.

Empathy as a guide for understanding the balancing of Distancing-Embracing with negative art

Gernot Gerger  1 , Tomohiro Ishizu  1 , Matthew Pelowski  1
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Empathy as a guide for understanding the balancing of Distancing-Embracing with negative art

Gernot Gerger et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2017 Jan.

Abstract

We connect the Distancing-Embracing model to theoretical and empirical evidence regarding empathy, which raises questions about the ordering and modulation of distancing in particular. Namely, distancing may not be a binary, continuously on/off process. Rather we suggest that changes in distancing as actualized via the relation between the individual and art (e.g., through empathy) might be a useful avenue for further consideration.

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