Updated January 1, 2009
The Swedish Empathy Center recommends the following articles by Stephanie D. Preston:
Preston, S. D., Bechara, A., Damasio, H., Grabowski, T. J., Stansfield, R. B., Mehta, S., & Damasio A. R. (2007). The neural substrates of cognitive empathy. Social Neuroscience, 2, 254-275.
Preston, S. D., & deVaal, F. (2002). Empathy: Its ultimate and proximate bases. Behavioural and Brain Science, 25, 1-72.