Vicarious pain while observing another in pain: An experimental

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Vandenbroucke, Sophie ^a   Crombez, Geert ^a   Van Ryckeghem, Dimitri M L ^a   Brass, Marcel ^a   Van Damme, Stefaan ^a   Goubert, Liesbet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Empathy; Hypervigilance for pain; Observation of pain; Synaesthesia for pain; Vicarious pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; SELF REPORT; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VICARIOUS PAIN; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84933679262     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00265     Document Type: Article

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