Empathy skill-dependent modulation of working memory by painful scene

Abstract As an important online information retaining and processing function, working memory plays critical roles in many other cognitive functions. Several long-term factors, such as age, addiction and diseases, have been affirmed to impair working memory, but whether or how the short-term factors...

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Main Authors: Mo Chen, Yuan-Zheng Wang, Chen-Chen Ma, Qi-Ze Li, Han Zhou, Jie Fu, Qian-Qian Yang, Yong-Mei Zhang, Yu Liu, Jun-Li Cao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04702-9