Taking one's time in feeling other-race pain: An event-related potential investigation on the time-course of cross-racial empathy

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 454-463

  Sessa, Paola ^a   Meconi, Federica ^a   Castelli, Luigi ^a   Dell'Acqua, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Empathic concern; Empathy; Event related potentials; Inferior frontal gyrus; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898828385     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst003     Document Type: Article

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