Dissociation between somatosensory resonance to other’s pain and empathic concern in men with psychopathic traits
A large number of neuroimaging studies have showed neural overlaps between first hand pain and it’s perception in others. It was also demonstrated that individuals’ factors could modulate the cerebral response to other’s pain. The goal of this study was to investigate the impact of psychopathic trai...
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| author | Louis-Alexandre eMarcoux Louis-Alexandre eMarcoux Pierre-Emmanuel eMichon Julien eVoisin Julien eVoisin Sophie eLemelin Sophie eLemelin Philip L. Jackson Philip L. Jackson Philip L. Jackson |
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| description | A large number of neuroimaging studies have showed neural overlaps between first hand pain and it’s perception in others. It was also demonstrated that individuals’ factors could modulate the cerebral response to other’s pain. The goal of this study was to investigate the impact of psychopathic traits on the relation between sensorimotor resonance to other’s pain and self-reported empathy. Somatosensory steady-state response (SSSR) to a non-painful stimulation was compared between high (n = 15) and low (n= 15) psychopathic traits participants during a pain observation task. Results showed a significantly greater modulation of SSSR to the observation of pain in others for the high psychopathic traits group. The modulation of SSSR was also positively correlated with affective and relational aspect of psychopathy. Indirect effect of primary psychopathy on the relation between empathic concern and SSSR was confirmed. These results suggest an enhanced sensorimotor resonance in high psychopathic traits men that is dissociated from their affective sensibility toward other’s distress. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fef244ec80b945c29c037e9dc34a44372022-12-21T19:04:59ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612013-06-01710.3389/fnhum.2013.0027448842Dissociation between somatosensory resonance to other’s pain and empathic concern in men with psychopathic traitsLouis-Alexandre eMarcoux0Louis-Alexandre eMarcoux1Pierre-Emmanuel eMichon2Julien eVoisin3Julien eVoisin4Sophie eLemelin5Sophie eLemelin6Philip L. Jackson7Philip L. Jackson8Philip L. Jackson9Université LavalCentre de recherche Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec (CRIUSMQ)Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Réadaptation et Intégration Sociale (CIRRIS)Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Réadaptation et Intégration Sociale (CIRRIS)Université LavalUniversité LavalCentre de recherche Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec (CRIUSMQ)Université LavalCentre de recherche Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec (CRIUSMQ)Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Réadaptation et Intégration Sociale (CIRRIS)A large number of neuroimaging studies have showed neural overlaps between first hand pain and it’s perception in others. It was also demonstrated that individuals’ factors could modulate the cerebral response to other’s pain. The goal of this study was to investigate the impact of psychopathic traits on the relation between sensorimotor resonance to other’s pain and self-reported empathy. Somatosensory steady-state response (SSSR) to a non-painful stimulation was compared between high (n = 15) and low (n= 15) psychopathic traits participants during a pain observation task. Results showed a significantly greater modulation of SSSR to the observation of pain in others for the high psychopathic traits group. The modulation of SSSR was also positively correlated with affective and relational aspect of psychopathy. Indirect effect of primary psychopathy on the relation between empathic concern and SSSR was confirmed. These results suggest an enhanced sensorimotor resonance in high psychopathic traits men that is dissociated from their affective sensibility toward other’s distress.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00274/fullEmpathyPain Perceptionpsychopathic traitssomatosensory resonanceShared representations |
| spellingShingle | Louis-Alexandre eMarcoux Louis-Alexandre eMarcoux Pierre-Emmanuel eMichon Julien eVoisin Julien eVoisin Sophie eLemelin Sophie eLemelin Philip L. Jackson Philip L. Jackson Philip L. Jackson Dissociation between somatosensory resonance to other’s pain and empathic concern in men with psychopathic traits Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Empathy Pain Perception psychopathic traits somatosensory resonance Shared representations |
| title | Dissociation between somatosensory resonance to other’s pain and empathic concern in men with psychopathic traits |
| title_full | Dissociation between somatosensory resonance to other’s pain and empathic concern in men with psychopathic traits |
| title_fullStr | Dissociation between somatosensory resonance to other’s pain and empathic concern in men with psychopathic traits |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dissociation between somatosensory resonance to other’s pain and empathic concern in men with psychopathic traits |
| title_short | Dissociation between somatosensory resonance to other’s pain and empathic concern in men with psychopathic traits |
| title_sort | dissociation between somatosensory resonance to other s pain and empathic concern in men with psychopathic traits |
| topic | Empathy Pain Perception psychopathic traits somatosensory resonance Shared representations |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00274/full |
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