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The linkage between first-hand pain sensitivity and empathy for others' pain: Attention matters | |
Li, Xiaoyun1; Liu, Yang1![]() ![]() | |
First Author | Li, Xiaoyun |
Correspondent Email | ww.peng0923@gmail.com |
Contribution Rank | 3 |
Abstract | Many studies suggested shared psychological and neural representations for first-hand physical pain and empathy for others' pain, both of which depend strongly upon top-down controlled mechanisms such as attention. This study aimed to assess the interindividual variation in first-hand physical pain and empathy for pain, and whether their relationship is dependent upon attention. We recruited participants exhibiting high and low sensitivity to first-hand pain (HPS and LPS), and adopted pain empathy paradigms involving attention directed toward or withdrawn from pain of another. Relative to the LPS group, participants in the HPS group estimated greater pain intensity experienced by others, felt greater unpleasantness when viewing others in pain, and exhibited greater sensitivity in discriminating others' pain. Electroencephalographic data showed that when attention was directed toward others' pain, only participants in the HPS group exhibited significant pain empathic effects on the N1 component of event-related potentials and on the alpha-oscillation response. These empathic neural responses mediated the linkage between first-hand pain sensitivity and empathic behavioral responses. Nevertheless, empathic responses were comparable between two groups when attention was withdrawn from others' pain. These results demonstrate a shared sensitivity to first-hand pain and empathy for pain provided that attention is directed toward pain. |
Keyword | attention empathy for pain event-related potentials (ERPs) first-hand pain alpha-oscillation |
2020-08-06 | |
Language | 英语 |
DOI | 10.1002/hbm.25160 |
Source Publication | HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
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ISSN | 1065-9471 |
Pages | 14 |
Subtype | article |
Indexed By | SCI |
Funding Project | National Natural Science Foundation of China[31871127] ; Features Innovative Projects of Guangdong Province Ordinary University[2019KTSCX149] ; Shenzhen Basic Research Project[JCYJ20190808154413592] |
Publisher | WILEY |
WOS Keyword | ALPHA OSCILLATIONS ; PLACEBO ANALGESIA ; NEURAL PROCESSES ; MODULATION ; EMOTION ; BRAIN ; EEG ; DISSOCIATION ; PERCEPTION ; RESPONSES |
WOS Research Area | Neurosciences & Neurology ; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging |
WOS Subject | Neurosciences ; Neuroimaging ; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging |
WOS ID | WOS:000556025300001 |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/32406 |
Collection | 中国科学院心理健康重点实验室 |
Corresponding Author | Peng, Weiwei |
Affiliation | 1.Shenzhen Univ, Sch Psychol, Nanhai Ave 3688, Shenzhen 518060, Guangdong, Peoples R China 2.Shenzhen Univ, Shenzhen Key Lab Affect & Social Cognit Sci, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Peoples R China 3.Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Mental Hlth, Beijing, Peoples R China |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Li, Xiaoyun,Liu, Yang,Ye, Qian,et al. The linkage between first-hand pain sensitivity and empathy for others' pain: Attention matters[J]. HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING,2020:14. |
APA | Li, Xiaoyun,Liu, Yang,Ye, Qian,Lu, Xuejing,&Peng, Weiwei.(2020).The linkage between first-hand pain sensitivity and empathy for others' pain: Attention matters.HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING,14. |
MLA | Li, Xiaoyun,et al."The linkage between first-hand pain sensitivity and empathy for others' pain: Attention matters".HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING (2020):14. |
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