To what extent do we share the pain of others? Insight from the neural bases of pain empathy

Pain

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 5-9

  Jackson, Philip L ^a,b   Rainville, Pierre ^b   Decety, Jean ^c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

ACC; Empathy; fMRI; Insula; Pain; Representation; Self

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPATHY; EXPERIENCE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; NEUROIMAGING; PAIN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

BRAIN; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; HUMANS; PAIN; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33748958759     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.09.013     Document Type: Review

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