Event-related theta and alpha oscillations mediate empathy for pain

Brain Research

Volumn 1234, Issue , 2008, Pages 128-136

  Mu, Yan ^a   Fan, Yan ^a   Mao, Lihua ^a   Han, Shihui ^a  

^a Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies   (China)

Author keywords

Alpha; Empathy; Pain; Theta; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; THETA RHYTHM; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ALPHA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52049108216     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.07.113     Document Type: Article

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