Neural responses to perceived pain in others predict real-life monetary donations in different socioeconomic contexts

NeuroImage

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1273-1280

  Ma, Yina ^a   Wang, Chenbo ^a   Han, Shihui ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Altruism; Empathy; Functional MRI; Pain; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955181121     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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