Sensorimotor alpha activity is modulated in response to the observation of pain in others

The perception-action account of empathy states that observation of another person's state automatically activates a similar state in the observer. It is still unclear in what way ongoing sensorimotor alpha oscillations are involved in this process. Although they have been repeatedly been impli...

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Main Authors: Stephen eWhitmarsh, Ingrid L. C. Nieuwenhuis, Henk eBarendregt, Ole eJensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2011.00091/full