Visual similarity and psychological closeness are neurally dissociable in the brain response to vicarious pain
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.09.028
Abstract: Personal and vicarious experience of pain activate partially overlapping brain networks. This brain activity is further modulated by low- and high-order factors, e.g., the perceived intensity of the model's pain and the model's similarity with… read more here.
Keywords: similarity; psychological closeness; vicarious pain; brain ... See more keywords
Vicarious pain responders and emotion: Evidence for distress rather than mimicry.
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DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12865
Abstract: Up to a third of the population experiences pain when seeing another in pain. The mechanisms underlying such vicarious sensory experiences are thought to reflect hyperactive mirror systems (threshold theory) or dysfunctional processing and representation… read more here.
Keywords: pain responders; respiration; distress rather; vicarious pain ... See more keywords