In
neuropsychology, "hyper empathy" has also been described as a dysfunctional empathic emotional overreaction. Some researchers have suggested that hyper-empathy might arise as a consequence of a lack of emotion regulation and hyperactivation of the
amygdala. A paper published in 2013 reported on a case of a patient who became hyper-empathic after receiving resective epilepsy surgery, a form of
brain surgery. The patient's behavioral modification remained unchanged for 13 years.
Neuroscientists have found evidence to suggest that
some people have greater or lesser ability to share and feel the
emotions of others. Mirror neurons are neurons that fire both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same action performed by another. Interfering with the level of activation of mirror neurons via
transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been experimentally studied. ==References==