The blame game: The effect of responsibility and social stigma on empathy for pain

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 985-997

  Decety, Jean ^a   Echols, Stephanie ^a   Correll, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; STIGMA;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHRISTIANITY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PAIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952084505     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21266     Document Type: Article

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