Empathy is essential for social interactions and individual development. Through the empathy field, the domain could be divided into three subgroups according to the stimulus materials adopted in tasks: empathy towards physical pain (PhyE), empathy towards emotional situations (ESuE) and towards emotional faces (ExpE). By far, no empirical studies directly compared the neural correlates underlying three sub-domains. The current study, therefore, utilized ALE meta-analysis to identify the general and distinct neural correlates underlying three sub-domains of empathy. The results revealed the conjunction in bilateral supplementary motor areas which were generally activated across three sub-domains. Preferential correlates for PhyE were found in bilateral IPL, left middle cingulate cortex and left anterior insula, which were associated with pain, action and somatosensory functions. Left middle temporal gyrus was found to be preferentially engaged for ESuE. And the preferential activations for ExpE were identified in right amygdala and right dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex, the regions of which were statistically associated with functional Neurosynth terms "facial expression", "face", "emotion" and "social". Through the current meta-analyses, we firstly indicated that the domain-general and domain-preferential neural correlates potentially exist to underlie the processing of empathy evoked by different types of stimuli.

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领域通用神经和领域优先神经将对身体疼痛，情绪状况和情绪面孔的潜在共鸣联系起来：ALE荟萃分析。

同情对于社会互动和个人发展至关重要。通过共情领域，根据任务中采用的刺激材料，该领域可以分为三个子组：对身体疼痛的同情（PhyE），对情感情况的同情（ESuE）和对情感面孔的同情（ExpE）。到目前为止，没有任何经验研究直接比较三个子域下的神经相关性。因此，当前的研究利用ALE荟萃分析来识别共情的三个子域中的一般性和明显的神经相关性。结果揭示了在双边补充运动区域中的结合，其通常在三个子域中被激活。在双侧IPL，左中扣带回皮层和左前岛绝缘中发现了PhyE的最佳相关性，它们与疼痛相关，动作和体感功能。发现左中颞回优先参与ESuE。并在右杏仁核和右背外侧前额叶皮层中确定了ExpE的优先激活，这些区域在统计学上与功能性Neurosynth术语“面部表情”，“面部”，“情绪”和“社交”相关。通过当前的荟萃分析，我们首先指出，领域-一般和领域-优先神经相关可能存在，以作为不同类型的刺激引起的共情处理的基础。其区域在统计学上与功能性Neurosynth术语“面部表情”，“面部”，“情绪”和“社交”相关。通过当前的荟萃分析，我们首先指出，领域-一般和领域-优先神经相关可能存在，以作为不同类型的刺激引起的共情处理的基础。其区域在统计学上与功能性Neurosynth术语“面部表情”，“面部”，“情绪”和“社交”相关。通过当前的荟萃分析，我们首先指出，领域-一般和领域-优先神经相关可能存在，以作为不同类型的刺激引起的共情处理的基础。