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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Inq. 2013 Mar 19;24(1):1–19. doi: 10.1080/1047840X.2013.752715

Figure 9. Cultural influences on the empathic brain (adapted from Cheon et al., 2011).

Figure 9

(a-b) Compared to Caucasian-Americans, Koreans show increased neural response within left temporoparietal junction (L-TPJ) to ingroup members in painful compared to neutral situations; (c) Neural response within the left TPJ positively correlates with ingroup empathy bias; (d) Cultural preference for social hierarchy predicts increased neural response within L-TPJ for painful compared to neutral situations of ingroup compared to outgroup members.