For instance, you could pass the RPE through to some other region to detect whether the empathy triggered for a friend or enemy and then return either positive or negative reward, so implementing either shared happiness or schadenfreude.
In that case I’d be interested in the “some other region to detect whether the empathy triggered for a friend or enemy”. How is that region doing that? Specifically, (1) what exactly is the “low level substrate”, (2) what are the exact recipes for turning those things into the full complex repertoire of social emotions? Those are major research interests of mine. Happy for you & anyone else to join / share ideas :)
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In that case I’d be interested in the “some other region to detect whether the empathy triggered for a friend or enemy”. How is that region doing that? Specifically, (1) what exactly is the “low level substrate”, (2) what are the exact recipes for turning those things into the full complex repertoire of social emotions? Those are major research interests of mine. Happy for you & anyone else to join / share ideas :)