Observing another in pain facilitates vicarious experiences and modulates somatosensory experiences

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Vandenbroucke, Sophie ^a   Crombez, Geert ^a   Loeys, Tom ^a   Goubert, Liesbet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Multimodal; Pain contagion; Somatic contagion; Synesthesia; Vicarious pain responders; Visuotactile

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PERCEPTION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84931569716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00631     Document Type: Article

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