The Influence of Medical Professional Knowledge on Empathy for Pain: Evidence From fNIRS

Empathy is a mental ability that allows one person to understand the mental and emotional state of another and determines how to effectively respond to that person. When a person receives cues that another person is in pain, neural pain circuits within the brain are activated. Studies have shown tha...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Jingdan Xie, Haibo Yang, Xiaokai Xia, Shengyuan Yu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Subjects:	medical professional knowledge empathy pain fNIRS dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC)
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01089/full