Anterior insular cortex is necessary for empathetic pain perception

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2726-2735

  Gu, Xiaosi ^a,f   Gao, Zhixian ^b   Wang, Xingchao ^b   Liu, Xun ^a,c   Knight, Robert T ^a,d   Hof, Patrick R ^a   Fan, Jin ^a,d,e,f  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anterior cingulate cortex; anterior insular cortex; empathy; meta analysis; necessity

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; EMPATHY; HUMAN; INSULA; META ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84866369106     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws199     Document Type: Article

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