Experiencing Physical Pain Leads to More Sympathetic Moral Judgments.
Previous studies have shown that observing another's pain can evoke other-oriented emotions, which instigate empathic concern for another's needs. It is not clear whether experiencing first-hand physical pain may also evoke other-oriented emotion and thus influence people's moral judg...
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| description | Previous studies have shown that observing another's pain can evoke other-oriented emotions, which instigate empathic concern for another's needs. It is not clear whether experiencing first-hand physical pain may also evoke other-oriented emotion and thus influence people's moral judgment. Based on the embodied simulation literature and neuroimaging evidence, the present research tested the idea that participants who experienced physical pain would be more sympathetic in their moral judgments. Study 1 showed that ice-induced physical pain facilitated higher self-assessments of empathy, which motivated participants to be more sympathetic in their moral judgments. Study 2 confirmed findings in study 1 and also showed that State Perspective Taking subscale of the State Empathy Scale mediated the effects of physical pain on moral judgment. These results provide support for embodied view of morality and for the view that pain can serve a positive psychosocial function. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f898df5e6be94f82bb504471bd7bc4482022-12-21T19:42:49ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-011010e014058010.1371/journal.pone.0140580Experiencing Physical Pain Leads to More Sympathetic Moral Judgments.Qianguo XiaoYi ZhuWen-Bo LuoPrevious studies have shown that observing another's pain can evoke other-oriented emotions, which instigate empathic concern for another's needs. It is not clear whether experiencing first-hand physical pain may also evoke other-oriented emotion and thus influence people's moral judgment. Based on the embodied simulation literature and neuroimaging evidence, the present research tested the idea that participants who experienced physical pain would be more sympathetic in their moral judgments. Study 1 showed that ice-induced physical pain facilitated higher self-assessments of empathy, which motivated participants to be more sympathetic in their moral judgments. Study 2 confirmed findings in study 1 and also showed that State Perspective Taking subscale of the State Empathy Scale mediated the effects of physical pain on moral judgment. These results provide support for embodied view of morality and for the view that pain can serve a positive psychosocial function.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4605675?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Qianguo Xiao Yi Zhu Wen-Bo Luo Experiencing Physical Pain Leads to More Sympathetic Moral Judgments. PLoS ONE |
| title | Experiencing Physical Pain Leads to More Sympathetic Moral Judgments. |
| title_full | Experiencing Physical Pain Leads to More Sympathetic Moral Judgments. |
| title_fullStr | Experiencing Physical Pain Leads to More Sympathetic Moral Judgments. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experiencing Physical Pain Leads to More Sympathetic Moral Judgments. |
| title_short | Experiencing Physical Pain Leads to More Sympathetic Moral Judgments. |
| title_sort | experiencing physical pain leads to more sympathetic moral judgments |
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