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Us and Them: Intergroup Failures of Empathy by Cikara, Mina, Bruneau, Emile G., Saxe, Rebecca R.

“…People are often motivated to increase others' positive experiences and to alleviate others' suffering. These tendencies to care about and help one another…”
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Minding the Gap: Narrative Descriptions about Mental States Attenuate Parochial Empathy by Bruneau, Emile G, Cikara, Mina, Saxe, Rebecca

“…In three experiments, we examine parochial empathy (feeling more empathy for in-group than out-group members) across novel group boundaries, and test whether…”
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Attitudes towards the outgroup are predicted by activity in the precuneus in Arabs and Israelis by Bruneau, Emile G., Saxe, Rebecca

“…The modern socio-political climate is defined by conflict between ethnic, religious and political groups: Bosnians and Serbs, Tamils and Singhalese, Irish…”
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The dynamics of recycled acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction in vivo by Bruneau, Emile G, Akaaboune, Mohammed

“…At the peripheral neuromuscular junction (NMJ), a significant number of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) recycle back into the postsynaptic membrane…”
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Parochial Empathy Predicts Reduced Altruism and the Endorsement of Passive Harm by Bruneau, Emile G., Cikara, Mina, Saxe, Rebecca

“…Empathic failures are common in hostile intergroup contexts; repairing empathy is therefore a major focus of peacebuilding efforts. However, it is unclear…”
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Empathic control through coordinated interaction of amygdala, theory of mind and extended pain matrix brain regions by Bruneau, Emile G., Jacoby, Nir, Saxe, Rebecca

“…Brain regions in the “pain matrix”, can be activated by observing or reading about others in physical pain. In previous research, we found that reading stories…”
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The power of being heard: The benefits of ‘perspective-giving’ in the context of intergroup conflict by Bruneau, Emile G., Saxe, Rebecca

“…Although hundreds of dialogue programs geared towards conflict resolution are offered every year, there have been few scientific studies of their…”
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Receptor-associated proteins and synaptic plasticity by Bruneau, Emile G, Esteban, Jose A, Akaaboune, Mohammed

“…Changes in synaptic strength are important for synaptic development and synaptic plasticity. Most directly responsible for these synaptic changes are…”
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Distinct roles of the ‘Shared Pain’ and ‘Theory of Mind’ networks in processing others’ emotional suffering by Bruneau, Emile G., Pluta, Agnieszka, Saxe, Rebecca

“…[Display omitted] ► Similar brain activity for directly observing others’ pain and written pain stories. ► ROIs tuned to specific characteristics of physical…”
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Social cognition in members of conflict groups: behavioural and neural responses in Arabs, Israelis and South Americans to each other's misfortunes by Bruneau, Emile G., Dufour, Nicholas, Saxe, Rebecca

“…In contexts of cultural conflict, people delegitimize the other group's perspective and lose compassion for the other group's suffering. These psychological…”
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Partisans process policy-based and identity-based messages using dissociable neural systems by Jacoby, Nir, Landau-Wells, Marika, Pearl, Jacob, Paul, Alexandra, Falk, Emily B, Bruneau, Emile G, Ochsner, Kevin N

“…Abstract Political partisanship is often conceived as a lens through which people view politics. Behavioral research has distinguished two types of “partisan…”
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Empathy, Dehumanization, and Misperceptions: A Media Intervention Humanizes Migrants and Increases Empathy for Their Plight but Only if Misinformation About Migrants Is Also Corrected by Moore-Berg, Samantha L., Hameiri, Boaz, Bruneau, Emile G.

“…Anti-migrant policies at the U.S. southern border have resulted in the separation and long-term internment of thousands of migrant children and the deaths of…”
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Our humanity contains multitudes: Dehumanization is more than overlooking mental capacities by Fincher, Katrina M., Kteily, Nour S., Bruneau, Emile G.

“…A longstanding conclusion of work on dehumanization is that the denial of humanity facilitates violence, in part by loosening restraints against harming…”
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A collective blame hypocrisy intervention enduringly reduces hostility towards Muslims by Bruneau, Emile G., Kteily, Nour S., Urbiola, Ana

“…Hostility towards outgroups contributes to costly intergroup conflict. Here we test an intervention to reduce hostility towards Muslims, a frequently targeted…”
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Dynamics of the Rapsyn Scaffolding Protein at the Neuromuscular Junction of Live Mice by Bruneau, Emile G, Akaaboune, Mohammed

“…The efficacy of synaptic transmission depends on the maintenance of a high density of neurotransmitter receptors and their associated scaffold proteins in the…”
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Running to stand still: ionotropic receptor dynamics at central and peripheral synapses by Bruneau, Emile G, Akaaboune, Mohammed

“…For synapses to form and function, neurotransmitter receptors must be recruited to a location on the postsynaptic cell in direct apposition to presynaptic…”
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Increased expression of glutaminase and glutamine synthetase mRNA in the thalamus in schizophrenia by Bruneau, Emile G., McCullumsmith, Robert E., Haroutunian, Vahram, Davis, Kenneth L., Meador-Woodruff, James H.

“…Numerous molecules enable the handling of glutamate that is destined for neurotransmitter release, including transporters, receptors and glutamatergic enzymes…”
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Acetylcholine Receptor Clustering Is Required for the Accumulation and Maintenance of Scaffolding Proteins by Bruneau, Emile G., Brenner, Daniel S., Kuwada, John Y., Akaaboune, Mohammed

“…The maintenance of a high density of postsynaptic receptors is essential for proper synaptic function. At the neuromuscular junction, acetylcholine receptor…”
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The effect of agrin and laminin on acetylcholine receptor dynamics in vitro by Bruneau, Emile G., Macpherson, Peter C., Goldman, Daniel, Hume, Richard I., Akaaboune, Mohammed

“…Using optical imaging assays, we investigated the dynamics of acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) at laminin-associated clusters on cultured myotubes in the…”
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The dynamics of the acetylcholine receptor and the receptor-associated rapsyn scaffolding protein studied in vitro and in vivo by Bruneau, Emile G

“…Essential for proper synaptic transmission is the establishment and maintenance of a high density of receptors which are clustered and anchored in place in…”
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