Perspective taking is associated with specific facial responses during empathy for pain

Brain Research

Volumn 1227, Issue , 2008, Pages 153-161

  Lamm, C ^a,b   Porges, E C ^a,b   Cacioppo, J T ^a,b   Decety, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography (EMG); Emotional contagion; Heart rate; Mimicry; Perception of pain; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; PAIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48949106836     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.06.066     Document Type: Article

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