How do we perceive the pain of others? A window into the neural processes involved in empathy

NeuroImage

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 771-779

  Jackson, Philip L ^a   Meltzoff, Andrew N ^a   Decety, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; Empathy; fMRI; Insula; Pain perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PAIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 11844251196     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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