Somatosensory mu activity reflects imagined pain intensity of others

Psychophysiology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1551-1558

  Hoenen, Matthias ^a   Lübke, Katrin T ^a   Pause, Bettina M ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Empathy; Mirror neuron system; Mu activity; Pain perception; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; PAIN; PAIN PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955175091     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12522     Document Type: Article

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