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Theory of mind and emotion understanding predict moral development in early childhood.
Br J Dev Psychol. 2010 Nov;28(Pt 4):871-89.
Lane JD, Wellman HM, Olson SL, LaBounty J, Kerr DC.

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A neurobiological basis of social attachment.
Insel, T. R. (1997). American Journal of Psychiatry, 154(6), 726-735.
Although an inability to form normal social attachments characterizes many forms of psychopathology, there has been little study of the neural basis of social bond formation. The primary purpose of this article is to describe a novel approach to the neurobiology of attachment.

METHOD:The author reviews animal research on two closely related neuropeptides, oxytocin and vasopressin, implicated in the central mediation of attachment behaviors. These neuropeptides appear to be important for the initiation of pair bonds and parental behaviors as well as the infant's response to social separation.

RESULTS: Both cellular and molecular studies have begun to reveal the mechanisms by which oxytocin and vasopressin neural pathways are regulated, leading to a preliminary understanding of how these hormones act within the brain to influence complex social behaviors.

CONCLUSIONS:Although their function in the human brain has yet to be demonstrated, the available evidence suggests that oxytocin and vasopressin may prove to be important in the pathophysiology of clinical disorders, such as autism, characterized by an inability to form normal social attachments.


Empathy is associated with dynamic change in prefrontal brain electrical activity during positive emotion in children. 
Light, S. N., Coan, J. a, Zahn-Waxler, C., Frye, C., Goldsmith, H. H., & Davidson, R. J. (2009). Child development, 80(4), 1210-31.
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Altruism in Forest Chimpanzees: The Case of Adoption
Boesch C, Bolé C, Eckhardt N, Boesch H (2010) PLoS ONE 5(1): e8901.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008901


Private and Public Decisions in Social Dilemmas: Evidence from Children’s Behavior
Houser D, Montinari N, Piovesan M (2012) 
PLoS ONE7(8): e41568. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041568


Young Children Consider Merit when Sharing Resources with Others
Kanngiesser P, Warneken F (2012)
PLoS ONE 7(8): e43979.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043979


Children Base Their Investment on Calculated Pay-Off
Steelandt S, Dufour V, Broihanne M-H, Thierry B (2012) 
PLoS ONE 7(3): e33239.doi:10.1371

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Assessing parental empathy: a role for empathy in child attachment
Jessica A. Stern, Jessica L. Borelli & Patricia A. Smiley. Attachment & Human Development
Volume 17, Issue 1, 2015, pages 1 - 22. 
DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2014.969749

Although empathy has been associated with helping behavior and relationship quality, little research has evaluated the role of parental empathy in the development of parent–child relationships. The current study (1) establishes preliminary validity of the Parental Affective and Cognitive Empathy Scale (PACES), a method for coding empathy from parents’ narrative responses to the Parent Development Interview – Revised for School-Aged Children (PDI-R-SC), and (2) tests a theoretical model of empathy and attachment. Sixty caregivers and their children completed a battery of questionnaire and interview measures, including the PDI-R-SC and the Child Attachment Interview (CAI). Caregivers’ interview narratives were scored for empathy using PACES. PACES showed good interrater reliability and good convergent validity with a self-report empathy measure. Parent empathy was positively related to child attachment security (using a continuous score for narrative coherence) and emotional openness on the CAI, as well as to child perceptions of parental warmth. Moreover, parent empathy mediated the relation between parents’ self-reported attachment style and their children’s attachment security. Implications for attachment theory and future directions for establishing scale validity are discussed.


Cowell, Jason and Decety, Jean, The Neuroscience of Implicit Moral Evaluation and Its Relation to Generosity in Early Childhood, Current Biology (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.002
Prosocial behavior emerges early in development, and young children possess capacities for social and moral evaluations. In this study, Cowell and Decety explored their neural underpinnings in 3–5 year olds and how these predict actual generosity, exemplifying the potential of integrating development and neuroscience in refining moral theories.
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Toddlers' responsive imitation predicts preschool-age conscience.
David R Forman, Nazan Aksan, Grazyna Kochanska (2004)
Psychological science 15 (10) p. 699-704
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Infant Development : Perspectives from German Speaking Countries The Development of Empathy in Infants Empathy from a cognitivistic viewpoint
Doris Bischof-köhler (1991)
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The Visible Empathy of Infants and Toddlers
Valerie Quann, Carol Anne Wien (2006)
Young Children (July) p. 1-7
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The Development of Empathy: How, When, and Why 
Nicole M. McDonald, Daniel S. Messinger 
University of Miami 
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Oxytocin enhances amygdala-dependent, socially reinforced learning and emotional empathy in humans.
René Hurlemann, Alexandra Patin, Oezguer a Onur, Michael X Cohen, Tobias Baumgartner, Sarah Metzler, Isabel Dziobek, Juergen Gallinat, Michael Wagner, Wolfgang Maier, Keith M Kendrick (2010)
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 30 (14) p. 4999-5007
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Social Evaluation or Simple Association? Simple Associations May Explain Moral Reasoning in Infants
Scarf D, Imuta K, Colombo M, Hayne H (2012) PLoS ONE 7(8): e42698. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042698


The Role of Orbitofrontal Cortex in Processing Empathy Stories in 4- to 8-Year-Old Children
Brink TT, Urton K, Held D, Kirilina E, Hofmann MJ, Klann-Delius G, Jacobs AM and Kuchinke L (2011) Frontiers of Psychology 2:80. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00080

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