Social Exclusion Down-Regulates Pain Empathy at the Late Stage of Empathic Responses: Electrophysiological Evidence
Social exclusion has a significant impact on cognition, emotion, and behavior. Some behavioral studies investigated how social exclusion affects pain empathy. Conclusions were inconsistent, and there is a lack of clarity in identifying which component of pain empathy is more likely to be affected. T...
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| author | Min Fan Min Fan Jing Jie Jing Jie Jing Jie Pinchao Luo Pinchao Luo Yu Pang Yu Pang Yu Pang Danna Xu Danna Xu Danna Xu Gaowen Yu Gaowen Yu Shaochen Zhao Shaochen Zhao Shaochen Zhao Wei Chen Wei Chen Xifu Zheng Xifu Zheng |
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| description | Social exclusion has a significant impact on cognition, emotion, and behavior. Some behavioral studies investigated how social exclusion affects pain empathy. Conclusions were inconsistent, and there is a lack of clarity in identifying which component of pain empathy is more likely to be affected. To investigate these issues, we used a Cyberball task to manipulate feelings of social exclusion. Two groups (social exclusion and social inclusion) participated in the same pain empathy task while we recorded event-related potentials (ERP) when participants viewed static images of body parts in painful and neutral situations. The results showed early N2 differentiation between painful and neutral pictures in the central regions in both groups. The pattern at the late controlled processing stage was different. Parietal P3 amplitudes for painful pictures were significantly smaller than those for neutral pictures in the social exclusion group; they did not differ in the social inclusion group. We observed a parietal late positive potential (LPP) differentiation between painful and neutral pictures in both groups. LPP amplitudes were significantly smaller in the social exclusion group than those in the social inclusion group for painful stimuli. Our results indicate that social exclusion does not affect empathic responses during the early emotional sharing stage. However, it down-regulates empathic responses at the late cognitive controlled stage, and this modulation is attenuated gradually. The current study provides neuroscientific evidence of how social exclusion dynamically influences pain empathy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7ee617b3b6a04baaba47519c5c7c006e2022-12-21T22:22:56ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612021-03-011510.3389/fnhum.2021.634714634714Social Exclusion Down-Regulates Pain Empathy at the Late Stage of Empathic Responses: Electrophysiological EvidenceMin Fan0Min Fan1Jing Jie2Jing Jie3Jing Jie4Pinchao Luo5Pinchao Luo6Yu Pang7Yu Pang8Yu Pang9Danna Xu10Danna Xu11Danna Xu12Gaowen Yu13Gaowen Yu14Shaochen Zhao15Shaochen Zhao16Shaochen Zhao17Wei Chen18Wei Chen19Xifu Zheng20Xifu Zheng21Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, ChinaGuangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaKey Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, ChinaGuangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, ChinaKey Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, ChinaGuangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaKey Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, ChinaGuangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Education and Psychological Science, Sichuan University of Science, and Engineering, Zigong, ChinaKey Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, ChinaGuangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Management, Guangzhou Vocational College of Science and Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaKey Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, ChinaGuangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaKey Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, ChinaGuangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaChina People's Police University, Guangzhou, ChinaKey Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, ChinaGuangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaKey Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, ChinaGuangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaSocial exclusion has a significant impact on cognition, emotion, and behavior. Some behavioral studies investigated how social exclusion affects pain empathy. Conclusions were inconsistent, and there is a lack of clarity in identifying which component of pain empathy is more likely to be affected. To investigate these issues, we used a Cyberball task to manipulate feelings of social exclusion. Two groups (social exclusion and social inclusion) participated in the same pain empathy task while we recorded event-related potentials (ERP) when participants viewed static images of body parts in painful and neutral situations. The results showed early N2 differentiation between painful and neutral pictures in the central regions in both groups. The pattern at the late controlled processing stage was different. Parietal P3 amplitudes for painful pictures were significantly smaller than those for neutral pictures in the social exclusion group; they did not differ in the social inclusion group. We observed a parietal late positive potential (LPP) differentiation between painful and neutral pictures in both groups. LPP amplitudes were significantly smaller in the social exclusion group than those in the social inclusion group for painful stimuli. Our results indicate that social exclusion does not affect empathic responses during the early emotional sharing stage. However, it down-regulates empathic responses at the late cognitive controlled stage, and this modulation is attenuated gradually. The current study provides neuroscientific evidence of how social exclusion dynamically influences pain empathy.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2021.634714/fullpain empathysocial exclusiónERPN2P3LPP |
| spellingShingle | Min Fan Min Fan Jing Jie Jing Jie Jing Jie Pinchao Luo Pinchao Luo Yu Pang Yu Pang Yu Pang Danna Xu Danna Xu Danna Xu Gaowen Yu Gaowen Yu Shaochen Zhao Shaochen Zhao Shaochen Zhao Wei Chen Wei Chen Xifu Zheng Xifu Zheng Social Exclusion Down-Regulates Pain Empathy at the Late Stage of Empathic Responses: Electrophysiological Evidence Frontiers in Human Neuroscience pain empathy social exclusión ERP N2 P3 LPP |
| title | Social Exclusion Down-Regulates Pain Empathy at the Late Stage of Empathic Responses: Electrophysiological Evidence |
| title_full | Social Exclusion Down-Regulates Pain Empathy at the Late Stage of Empathic Responses: Electrophysiological Evidence |
| title_fullStr | Social Exclusion Down-Regulates Pain Empathy at the Late Stage of Empathic Responses: Electrophysiological Evidence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Exclusion Down-Regulates Pain Empathy at the Late Stage of Empathic Responses: Electrophysiological Evidence |
| title_short | Social Exclusion Down-Regulates Pain Empathy at the Late Stage of Empathic Responses: Electrophysiological Evidence |
| title_sort | social exclusion down regulates pain empathy at the late stage of empathic responses electrophysiological evidence |
| topic | pain empathy social exclusión ERP N2 P3 LPP |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2021.634714/full |
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