Perspective taking modulates event-related potentials to perceived pain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 469, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 328-332

  Li, Wei ^a   Han, Shihui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Empathy; Event related potential; Pain; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649084736     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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