Empathy is thought to be divided into two major sub components: cognitive empathy and affective (emotional)empathy (deWaal 2008; Hoffman 2000). Cognitive empathy is the ability to understand the thoughts, feelings, and desires of other individuals, and emotional empathy is the ability to share the emotional states of other individuals. The empathic process observed in the present study falls into the category of emotional empathy. Studies on humans suggest that the anterior cingulate cortex and anterior insula are important brain regions for empathy, especially in situations of distress (Bernhardt and Singer 2012; Decety2011). Oxytocin, a hypothalamic hormone, is one of the candidates that may be involved in empathic processes (Barraza and Zak 2009; Decety and Svetlova 2011; Shamay-Tsoory 2011). The experimental paradigm used in the present study could be a useful tool to examine the neuralbasis of empathy.