"Feeling" the pain of those who are different from us: Modulation of EEG in the mu/alpha range

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 493-504

  Perry, Anat ^a   Bentin, Shlomo ^a   Bartal, Inbal Ben Ami ^b   Lamm, Claus ^b,c   Decety, Jean ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751469758     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.10.4.493     Document Type: Article

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