Page | 87 strongly for their pain or confinement distressed shortly after another infant and future. In part, this kind of empathic begins to cry. Facial mimicry of basic extension may be motivated by the kind emotional expressions also contributes to of anthropomorphic attitudes we have affective sharing, and this phenomenon about non-human entities as discussed starts very early in life, by by Nick Epley in his chapter. The fact approximately 10 weeks of age. This that we are adept at “feeling for” very primitive mimicry mechanism, which different others whom we can observe may be based on mirror neurons, which but not truly understand suggests that we are sensorimotor neurons found in the possess a capacity to cognitively re- premotor, motor, and posterior parietal represent others in our mind in a way we cortex of the brain that become active can understand. Indeed, second-order when observing as well as when representation is a key component of enacting a behavior as discussed in empathy in humans, and may be a useful Steven Small’s chapter. This kind of adaptation for human survival because it mechanism may contribute to the maximizes the range of individuals with development of empathy in the early whom we can form a social bond. preverbal period, and continues to The Components of Empathy operate past childhood. There is evidence that when we perceive The psychological components emotions and actions of others, we use that make up full-blown empathy are the same neural circuits as when we supported by distinct and separable produce the same emotions and actions psychobiological systems. Empathy can ourselves (e.g., watching another be decomposed into an affective individual being disgusted and component that includes the perception experiencing disgust in oneself activate and sharing of an emotional state similar neural circuits). For instance, observed in another individual, and a viewing facial expressions triggers cognitive component that includes the e