Florina Uzefovsky
@fuzefovsky.bsky.social
Associate professor, studying the biological basis of empathy in typical and atypical development
www.bioempathylab.org
www.bioempathylab.org
So proud of this paper led by Dr. @idoshal.bsky.social Summarizes our initial work on Empathic Disequillibrium and charts future directions
🧵 New paper! Five years ago, we, @fuzefovsky.bsky.social, Dr Alal Eran, and I, introduced empathic disequilibrium, the mismatch between cognitive and emotional empathy. In our article published in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, we discuss the theoretical and clinical implications of the concept.
Empathic disequilibrium: theoretical implications and clinical relevance
Empathy is central to social cognition, yet efforts to link it with neurodiverse and
clinical conditions have yielded contradictory findings, often reinforcing a deficit-focused
narrative that conflic...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
So proud of this paper led by Dr. @idoshal.bsky.social Summarizes our initial work on Empathic Disequillibrium and charts future directions
Reposted by Florina Uzefovsky
Our new preprint is out! We show a replicable relationship between empathic disequilibrium and eating disorders.
Led by Dr Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, @fuzefovsky.bsky.social, and Dr Rachel Moseley. So lucky to be working with this brilliant team.
Led by Dr Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, @fuzefovsky.bsky.social, and Dr Rachel Moseley. So lucky to be working with this brilliant team.
Feeling more than understanding: empathic disequilibrium and emotional reactivity in eating psychopathology
BackgroundEmotional dysregulation is a core feature of eating disorders, yet research has predominantly focused on intrapersonal emotion processes rather than interpersonal emotional mechanisms. Empat...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Our new preprint is out! We show a replicable relationship between empathic disequilibrium and eating disorders.
Led by Dr Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, @fuzefovsky.bsky.social, and Dr Rachel Moseley. So lucky to be working with this brilliant team.
Led by Dr Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, @fuzefovsky.bsky.social, and Dr Rachel Moseley. So lucky to be working with this brilliant team.
Reposted by Florina Uzefovsky
Excited to share our new study tracking how empathic disequilibrium develops in children aged 3–12!
With @fuzefovsky.bsky.social, Prof Rebecca Waller & Dr Nicholas Wagner, we found that both forms of empathic disequilibrium are common across development.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Empathy
With @fuzefovsky.bsky.social, Prof Rebecca Waller & Dr Nicholas Wagner, we found that both forms of empathic disequilibrium are common across development.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Empathy
Change in empathic disequilibrium across childhood and associations with socioemotional difficulties - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Empathy, a socioemotional capacity with emotional and cognitive components, develops from infancy onward. An imbalance between these components, termed empathic disequilibrium, is related to socioemot...
link.springer.com
June 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Excited to share our new study tracking how empathic disequilibrium develops in children aged 3–12!
With @fuzefovsky.bsky.social, Prof Rebecca Waller & Dr Nicholas Wagner, we found that both forms of empathic disequilibrium are common across development.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Empathy
With @fuzefovsky.bsky.social, Prof Rebecca Waller & Dr Nicholas Wagner, we found that both forms of empathic disequilibrium are common across development.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Empathy
Finally published! In a longitudinal study (N=250) we show that empathy development is a dynamic, bidirectional process. We found that children's cognitive empathy buffered maternal personal distress for mothers at high risk for maltreatment journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... @idoshal.bsky.social
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April 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Finally published! In a longitudinal study (N=250) we show that empathy development is a dynamic, bidirectional process. We found that children's cognitive empathy buffered maternal personal distress for mothers at high risk for maltreatment journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... @idoshal.bsky.social
Come work with me!
We are delighted to invite applications for an open-rank, tenure-track position at the developmental psychology track within the Department of Psychology at Ben-Gurion University in Israel.
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February 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Come work with me!
Schizophrenia is complex, but empathic disequilibrium may hold the key to understanding some of the related social challenges. Check out our newest paper, led by the stellar @idoshal.bsky.social
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December 11, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Schizophrenia is complex, but empathic disequilibrium may hold the key to understanding some of the related social challenges. Check out our newest paper, led by the stellar @idoshal.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kCvD55vZDgHD
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kCvD55vZDgHD