Skin Color and Attractiveness Modulate Empathy for Pain: An Event-Related Potential Study

Although racial in-group bias in empathy for pain has been reported, empathic responses to others’ pain may be influenced by other characteristics besides race. To explore whether skin color and attractiveness modulate empathy for pain, we recorded 24 participants’ reactions to painful faces from ra...

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Main Authors: Di Yang, Xiong Li, Yinya Zhang, Zuoshan Li, Jing Meng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.780633/full