Pain Mirrors: Neural Correlates of Observing Self or Others’ Facial Expressions of Pain

Pain Mirrors: Neural Correlates of Observing Self or Others’ Facial Expressions of Pain

Facial expressions of pain are able to elicit empathy and adaptive behavioral responses in the observer. An influential theory posits that empathy relies on an affective mirror mechanism, according to which emotion recognition relies upon the internal simulation of motor and interoceptive states tri...

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Main Authors: Francesca Benuzzi, Fausta Lui, Martina Ardizzi, Marianna Ambrosecchia, Daniela Ballotta, Sara Righi, Giuseppe Pagnoni, Vittorio Gallese, Carlo Adolfo Porro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
pain
empathy
mirror
facial expression
self
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01825/full

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