Rightward bias on the line bisection task was only associated with the empathic concern subscale of the IRI, not the more cognitive perspective-taking subscale.
Cognitive science shows that there are two routes that lead us to understand other people's emotions and facilitate prosocial behaviour: cognitive abilities – or more precisely cognitive perspective taking – and empathy (Decety and Jackson 2006; Hein and Singer 2008; Preston and De Waal 2002).
In the past decades, the focus in associative theorizing has changed from a behaviorist S-R perspective to a more cognitive focus on mental representations of learning events that take part in learning.
We conclude that adopting another person's perspective, even when their belief state is matched to one's own, requires more cognitive effort than recalling and reflecting on self-oriented belief-states.
This paper discusses key elements of scientific problem solving from a cognitive perspective in an effort to help scientists and engineers understand and manage their problem solving efforts more effectively.
It is unclear why Perspective-taking RT was not related to the PT subscale of the IRI, which measures more cognitive aspects of empathy.
From a cognitive perspective, a name might activate unexpected schemata.
I'm driving here, please no more "cognitive distractions"!
Ultimate truth is thus posited strictly in relation to the cognitive perspective of exalted beings.
D. Kahneman and D. Lovallo, "Timid choices and bold forecasts: A cognitive perspective on risk taking".
