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Table 1 Search strategy

From: The neuroscience of human empathy for pleasure: protocol for a scoping review

Database

Search strategy

N°

SCOPUS

(TITLE-ABS-KEY(empath* OR vicarious) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(pleas* OR joy OR reward OR positive OR happ*)) AND PUBYEAR > 1999 AND (LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA, “MEDI”) OR LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA, “PSYC”) OR LIMIT-TO (SUBJAREA, “SOCI”) OR LIMIT-TO(SUBJAREA, “NEUR”)) AND (LIMIT-TO(LANGUAGE, “English”))

7693

MEDLINE (PubMed)

(((empath*[Title/Abstract] OR vicarious[Title/Abstract]) OR (empath*[MeSH Terms])) AND ((pleas*[Title/Abstract] OR pleas*[MeSH Terms]) OR (joy[Title/Abstract] OR joy[MeSH Terms]) OR (reward[Title/Abstract] OR reward[MeSH Terms]) OR (positive[Title/Abstract] OR positive[MeSH Terms]) OR (happ*[Title/Abstract] OR happ*[MeSH Terms]))) AND English[Language] AND (2000:2023[pdat])

4918

Web of Science

ALL = (empath* OR vicarious) AND ALL = (pleas* OR joy OR happ* OR positive OR reward)

Year = 2000–2023

9164