The influence of anger on empathy and theory of mind.

Social cognition allows humans to understand and predict other people's behavior by inferring or sharing their emotions, intentions and beliefs. Few studies have investigated the impact of one's own emotional state on understanding others. Here, we tested the effect of being in an angry st...

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Autores principales:	Ronja Weiblen, Noam Mairon, Sören Krach, Macià Buades-Rotger, Mor Nahum, Philipp Kanske, Anat Perry, Ulrike M Krämer
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4edb7101551e44f280b7888e6eb4d2f02021-12-02T20:08:59ZThe influence of anger on empathy and theory of mind.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0255068https://doaj.org/article/4edb7101551e44f280b7888e6eb4d2f02021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255068https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Social cognition allows humans to understand and predict other people's behavior by inferring or sharing their emotions, intentions and beliefs. Few studies have investigated the impact of one's own emotional state on understanding others. Here, we tested the effect of being in an angry state on empathy and theory of mind (ToM). In a between-groups design we manipulated anger status with different paradigms in three studies (autobiographical recall (N = 45), negative feedback (N = 49), frustration (N = 46)) and checked how this manipulation affected empathic accuracy and performance in the EmpaToM. All paradigms were successful in inducing mild anger. We did not find the expected effect of anger on empathy or ToM performance but observed small behavioral changes. Together, our results validate the use of three different anger induction paradigms and speak for rather weak behavioral effects of mild state anger on empathy and ToM.Ronja WeiblenNoam MaironSören KrachMacià Buades-RotgerMor NahumPhilipp KanskeAnat PerryUlrike M KrämerPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 7, p e0255068 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Ronja Weiblen Noam Mairon Sören Krach Macià Buades-Rotger Mor Nahum Philipp Kanske Anat Perry Ulrike M Krämer The influence of anger on empathy and theory of mind.
description	Social cognition allows humans to understand and predict other people's behavior by inferring or sharing their emotions, intentions and beliefs. Few studies have investigated the impact of one's own emotional state on understanding others. Here, we tested the effect of being in an angry state on empathy and theory of mind (ToM). In a between-groups design we manipulated anger status with different paradigms in three studies (autobiographical recall (N = 45), negative feedback (N = 49), frustration (N = 46)) and checked how this manipulation affected empathic accuracy and performance in the EmpaToM. All paradigms were successful in inducing mild anger. We did not find the expected effect of anger on empathy or ToM performance but observed small behavioral changes. Together, our results validate the use of three different anger induction paradigms and speak for rather weak behavioral effects of mild state anger on empathy and ToM.
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author	Ronja Weiblen Noam Mairon Sören Krach Macià Buades-Rotger Mor Nahum Philipp Kanske Anat Perry Ulrike M Krämer
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The influence of anger on empathy and theory of mind.

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