Cultural modulation of the neural correlates of emotional pain perception : the role of other-focusedness
Cultures vary in the extent to which they emphasize group members to habitually attend to the needs, perspectives, and internal experiences of others compared to the self. Here we examined the influence that collectivistic and individualistic cultural environments may play on the engagement of the n...
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| author | Cheon, Bobby Kyungbeom Im, Dong-Mi Harada, Tokiko Kim, Ji-Sook Mathur, Vani A. Scimeca, Jason M. Parrish, Todd B. Park, HyunWook Chiao, Joan Y. |
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| author_facet | School of Humanities and Social Sciences Cheon, Bobby Kyungbeom Im, Dong-Mi Harada, Tokiko Kim, Ji-Sook Mathur, Vani A. Scimeca, Jason M. Parrish, Todd B. Park, HyunWook Chiao, Joan Y. |
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| description | Cultures vary in the extent to which they emphasize group members to habitually attend to the needs, perspectives, and internal experiences of others compared to the self. Here we examined the influence that collectivistic and individualistic cultural environments may play on the engagement of the neurobiological processes that underlie the perception and processing of emotional pain. Using cross-cultural fMRI, Korean and Caucasian-American participants passively viewed scenes of others in situations of emotional pain and distress. Regression analyses revealed that the value of other-focusedness was associated with heightened neural response within the affective pain matrix (i.e. anterior cingulate cortex and insula) to a greater extent for Korean relative to Caucasian-American participants. These findings suggest that mindsets promoting attunement to the subjective experience of others may be especially critical for pain-related and potentially empathic processing within collectivistic relative to individualistic cultural environments. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1005372020-03-07T12:10:41Z Cultural modulation of the neural correlates of emotional pain perception : the role of other-focusedness Cheon, Bobby Kyungbeom Im, Dong-Mi Harada, Tokiko Kim, Ji-Sook Mathur, Vani A. Scimeca, Jason M. Parrish, Todd B. Park, HyunWook Chiao, Joan Y. School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology::Neurobiology Cultures vary in the extent to which they emphasize group members to habitually attend to the needs, perspectives, and internal experiences of others compared to the self. Here we examined the influence that collectivistic and individualistic cultural environments may play on the engagement of the neurobiological processes that underlie the perception and processing of emotional pain. Using cross-cultural fMRI, Korean and Caucasian-American participants passively viewed scenes of others in situations of emotional pain and distress. Regression analyses revealed that the value of other-focusedness was associated with heightened neural response within the affective pain matrix (i.e. anterior cingulate cortex and insula) to a greater extent for Korean relative to Caucasian-American participants. These findings suggest that mindsets promoting attunement to the subjective experience of others may be especially critical for pain-related and potentially empathic processing within collectivistic relative to individualistic cultural environments. 2014-10-23T09:10:21Z 2019-12-06T20:24:09Z 2014-10-23T09:10:21Z 2019-12-06T20:24:09Z 2013 2013 Journal Article Cheon, B. K., Im, D.-M., Harada, T., Kim, J.-S., Mathur, V. A., Scimeca, J. M., et al. (2013). Cultural modulation of the neural correlates of emotional pain perception: The role of other-focusedness. Neuropsychologia, 51(7),1177-1186. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100537 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24118 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.03.018 182508 en Neuropsychologia © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. 10 p. |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology::Neurobiology Cheon, Bobby Kyungbeom Im, Dong-Mi Harada, Tokiko Kim, Ji-Sook Mathur, Vani A. Scimeca, Jason M. Parrish, Todd B. Park, HyunWook Chiao, Joan Y. Cultural modulation of the neural correlates of emotional pain perception : the role of other-focusedness |
| title | Cultural modulation of the neural correlates of emotional pain perception : the role of other-focusedness |
| title_full | Cultural modulation of the neural correlates of emotional pain perception : the role of other-focusedness |
| title_fullStr | Cultural modulation of the neural correlates of emotional pain perception : the role of other-focusedness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cultural modulation of the neural correlates of emotional pain perception : the role of other-focusedness |
| title_short | Cultural modulation of the neural correlates of emotional pain perception : the role of other-focusedness |
| title_sort | cultural modulation of the neural correlates of emotional pain perception the role of other focusedness |
| topic | DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology::Neurobiology |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100537 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24118 |
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