Empathic control through coordinated interaction of amygdala, theory of mind and extended pain matrix brain regions

Brain regions in the "pain matrix", can be activated by observing or reading about others in physical pain. In previous research, we found that reading stories about others' emotional suffering, by contrast, recruits a different group of brain regions mostly associated with thinking a...

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Main Authors: Bruneau, Emile Gabriel (Contributor), Jacoby, Nir (Contributor), Saxe, Rebecca R. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier, 2016-07-07T20:46:16Z.
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