What neurological correlates exist with the experience of a true empathic connection? I can think of no functional or pragmatic manner to test this, but I would not be averse to believe that
Perhaps there is a physio-neurological correlate that may affect the expression of genes and the probability of certain predispositions to induce psychopathologies, in the truly empathic relationship. Perhaps this correlate is related to the brain's acknowledgment of the genuine existence of another.
I have found a good deal of research on the neurology of being empathic, but little on the actual experience of being currently engaged in the feeling of having somebody to empathize with you.
Is this related to neural circuits that serve to represent others as actual extensions of the physical/neurological self?
What is the function of circuits that identify the individual with other sentient (and non-sentient) beings?
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