Exposure to violence reduces empathetic responses to other's pain

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-191

  Guo, Xiuyan ^a   Zheng, Li ^a   Wang, Hongyi ^a   Zhu, Lei ^b   Li, Jianqi ^a   Wang, Qianfeng ^a   Dienes, Zoltan ^c   Yang, Zhiliang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AI; AMCC; Empathy for pain; Exposure to violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL OPERCULUM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARIETAL OPERCULUM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; VIDEORECORDING; VIOLENCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84877824877     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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