Emotional mimicry signals pain empathy as evidenced by facial electromyography

doi:10.1038/srep16988

	Emotional mimicry signals pain empathy as evidenced by facial electromyography
	Sun, Ya-Bin1,2 ; Wang, Yu-Zheng 1,2; Wang, Jin-Yan1 ; Luo, Fei1
摘要	Facial mimicry has been suggested to be a behavioral index for emotional empathy. The present study is the first to investigate the link between facial muscle activity and empathy for pain by facial electromyographic (EMG) recording while observers watched videos depicting real-life painful events. Three types of visual stimulus were used: an intact painful scene and arm-only (needle injection) and face only (painful expression) scenes. Enhanced EMG activity of the corrugator supercilii (CS) and zygomaticus major (ZM) muscles was found when observers viewed others in pain, supporting a unique pain expression that is distinct from the expression of basic emotions. In the intact video stimulus condition, CS activity was correlated positively with the empathic concern score and ZM activity, suggesting facial mimicry mediated empathy for pain. Cluster analysis of facial EMG responses revealed markedly different patterns among stimulus types, including response category, ratio, and temporal dynamics, indicating greater ecological validity of the intact scene in eliciting pain empathy as compared with partial scenes. This study is the first to quantitatively describe pain empathy in terms of facial EMG data. It may provide important evidence for facial mimicry as a behavioral indicator of pain empathy.
	2015-12-09
语种	英语
DOI	10.1038/srep16988
发表期刊	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
ISSN	2045-2322
卷号	5
期刊论文类型	Article
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI
WOS关键词	PERSPECTIVE-TAKING ; DYNAMIC PAIN ; NEURAL BASIS ; EXPRESSIONS ; RECOGNITION ; RESPONSES ; NEUROSCIENCE ; INDIVIDUALS ; PERCEPTION ; EXPERIENCE
WOS标题词	Science & Technology
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000366032500001
引用统计	被引频次：23[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/15363
专题	中国科学院心理健康重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Key Lab Mental Hlth, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
第一作者单位	中国科学院心理健康重点实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sun, Ya-Bin,Wang, Yu-Zheng,Wang, Jin-Yan,et al. Emotional mimicry signals pain empathy as evidenced by facial electromyography[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2015,5.
APA	Sun, Ya-Bin,Wang, Yu-Zheng,Wang, Jin-Yan,&Luo, Fei.(2015).Emotional mimicry signals pain empathy as evidenced by facial electromyography.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,5.
MLA	Sun, Ya-Bin,et al."Emotional mimicry signals pain empathy as evidenced by facial electromyography".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 5(2015).

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