Placebo Effect on Modulating Empathic Pain: Reduced Activation in Posterior Insula

Little evidence exists to confirm whether the sensory-related neural activity that occurs when observing others in pain is highly responsive to empathy for pain. From a perspective of intervention, the present study employed placebo manipulation with a transferable paradigm to explore whether the se...

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Main Authors: Yili Zhao, Ruixuan Liu, Jianxin Zhang, Jing Luo, Wencai Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00008/full