Empathic Cognitions Affected by Undetectable Social Chemosignals: An EEG Study on Visually Evoked Empathy for Pain in an Auditory and Chemosensory Context

Reduction of mu activity within the EEG is an indicator of cognitive empathy and can be generated in response to visual depictions of others in pain. The current study tested whether this brain response can be modulated by an auditory and a chemosensory context. Participants observed pictures of pai...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Main Authors:	Matthias Hoenen, Katrin T. Lübke, Bettina M. Pause
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Subjects:	mu activity empathy for pain empathy mirror neuron system body odor multimodal integration
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00243/full