Perceptual and Affective Reverberation Components
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Abstract
The perceptual and affective reverberation phases of the empathic process describe how authors gather data about the affective state of a person, and, having gathered that data, how they assimilate it into a distinguishable affective production within themselves. "Reverberation" is given by one desk dictionary as "the persistance of a sound after its source has stopped, caused by multiple reflections of the sound within a closed space." Several sources of contamination of this process may be described. Simply not wanting to feel what the other person is feeling would suffice to motivate terminating the process. An analysis of several methods that purport to enhance the affective reverberation component of empathic ability must begin with an appraisal of the concept of motor mimicry. The role of motor mimicry in empathy has a long history and continues to receive popular currency.