Observing another in pain facilitates vicarious experiences and modulates somatosensory experiences

Observing another in pain facilitates vicarious experiences and modulates somatosensory experiences

Objective: This study investigated whether individuals reporting vicarious pain in daily life (e.g. the self-reported vicarious pain group) display vicarious experiences during an experimental paradigm, and also show an improved detection of somatosensory stimuli while observing another in pain. Fur...

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Main Authors: Sophie eVandenbroucke, Geert eCrombez, Tom eLoeys, Liesbet eGoubert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
synaesthesia
multimodal
visuotactile
somatic contagion
pain contagion
pain responder
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00631/full

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