Meta-analytic evidence for common and distinct neural networks associated with directly experienced pain and empathy for pain

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2492-2502

  Lamm, Claus ^a,b,c   Decety, Jean ^c   Singer, Tania ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cingulate cortex; Empathy; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Insular cortex; Meta analysis; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CUES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; PAIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650215224     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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