Empathic pain evoked by sensory and emotional-communicative cues share common and process-specific neural representations

Empathic pain evoked by sensory and emotional-communicative cues share common and process-specific neural representations

Pain empathy can be evoked by multiple cues, particularly observation of acute pain inflictions or facial expressions of pain. Previous studies suggest that these cues commonly activate the insula and anterior cingulate, yet vicarious pain encompasses pain-specific responses as well as unspecific pr...

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Main Authors: Feng Zhou, Jialin Li, Weihua Zhao, Lei Xu, Xiaoxiao Zheng, Meina Fu, Shuxia Yao, Keith M Kendrick, Tor D Wager, Benjamin Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-09-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
pain
empathy
emotional contagion
insula
MVPA
decoding
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/56929

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https://elifesciences.org/articles/56929

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