Neuroanatomical Aspects of Empathy in Decision-Making |Biomedgrid

The in-depth study of empathy requires an understanding of its emotional, cognitive and motivational aspects that participate in the formation of this innate behavior [1]. Taking into account that emotion, cognition and motivation guide the capacity of human beings to act in different contexts, such as during the decisionmaking process, empathy emerges as a theme to be carefully understood among the different fields of knowledge. The emotional aspect of empathy is characterized by sharing of emotions along with the recognition of what belongs to you or the other [2]. This delimitation of emotions coincides with the development of brain areas functionally linked to language, such as the opercular and triangular gyri of the lower frontal gyrus (frontal lobe), responsible for the expression of language (Broca's area), and the temporoparietal fold, involved with the perception of language (Wernicke's area).