Inter-individual differences in successful perspective taking during pain perception mediates emotional responsiveness in self and others: An fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 387-394

  van der Heiden, Linda ^a,b   Scherpiet, Sigrid ^a,c   Konicar, Lilian ^a   Birbaumer, Niels ^a,d   Veit, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d IRCCS Ospedale San Camillo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Empathy; FMRI; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSULA; MALE; MIDDLE CINGULATE CORTEX; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUBCORTEX; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868241916     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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