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From Empathy to Apathy: The Bystander Effect Revisited

From Empathy to Apathy: The Bystander Effect Revisited

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From Empathy to Apathy: The Bystander Effect Revisited

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From Empathy to Apathy: The Bystander Effect Revisited

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Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications

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Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society, 2018-08, Vol.27 (4), p.249-256

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English

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Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications

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The bystander effect, the reduction in helping behavior in the presence of other people, has been explained predominantly by situational influences on decision making. Diverging from this view, we highlight recent evidence on the neural mechanisms and dispositional factors that determine apathy in bystanders. We put forward a new theoretical perspe...

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From Empathy to Apathy: The Bystander Effect Revisited

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6099971

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6099971

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0963-7214

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1467-8721

DOI

10.1177/0963721417749653

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