Background Sources!

Web Pages/ Experimental Articles

1) Gholipour, B. (2013, September 13). Woman experiences 'hyper empathy’ after brain surgery. Retrieved from http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/woman-experiences-hyper-empathy-after-brain-surgery

2) Simon-Thomas, E. (2007). Are women more empathetic than men?. Retrieved from http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/women_more_empathic_than_men

3) Mather, M., Canli, T., English, T., Whitfield, S., Wais, P., Ochsner, K., John, D. E. G., & L. Carstensen, L. (2004). Amygdala responses to emotionally valenced stimuli in older and younger adults.Psychological Science, 15(4), 259-263. Retrieved from http://pss.sagepub.com/content/15/4/259.short

4) Rettner, R. (2013, August 10). Abused puppies get more sympathy than adult crime victims. Retrieved from http://www.livescience.com/38800-abused-puppies-sympathy-adult-victims.html?

5) Gender and emotions- the dynamics of emotion. (2013). Retrieved from https://www.boundless.com/psychology/emotions/the-dynamics-of-emotion/gender-and-emotions/

Encyclopedia Articles/Books

6) Solomon, Robert. Emotions. New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (15 Sep. 2013) http://www.encyclopedia.com

7) Hoffman, M. (2000). Empathy and moral development. . Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ose5vtvDoBoC&oi=fnd&pg

8) Decety, J., & Ickes, W. (2009). The neuroscience of empathy. (pp. 1-22). Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=KLvJKTN_nDoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=empathy&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lgY2UuutDa60igKvhoGwCQ&ved=0CF0Q6AEwCQ

9) Widl . Empathy. International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (September 15, 2013). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3435300440.html

10) Sympathy. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (15 Sep. 2013) retrieved from http://www.encyclopedia.com