Voluntary control of anterior insula and its functional connections is feedback-independent and increases pain empathy

S Yao, B Becker, Y Geng, Z Zhao, X Xu, W Zhao, P Ren… - Neuroimage, 2016 - Elsevier
Real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (rtfMRI)-assisted neurofeedback (NF)
training allows subjects to acquire volitional control over regional brain activity. Emerging …

[HTML][HTML] Impaired empathy processing in individuals with internet addiction disorder: An event-related potential study

C Jiao, T Wang, X Peng, F Cui - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is associated with deficits in social communication and
avoidance of social contact. It has been hypothesized that people with IAD may have an …

The effect of emotional information from eyes on empathy for pain: A subliminal ERP study

J Song, Y Wei, H Ke - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Facial expressions are deeply tied to empathy, which plays an important role during social
communication. The eye region is effective at conveying facial expressions, especially fear …

[HTML][HTML] Long-time exposure to violent video games does not show desensitization on empathy for pain: An fMRI study

X Gao, W Pan, C Li, L Weng, M Yao, A Chen - Frontiers in psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
As a typical form of empathy, empathy for pain refers to the perception and appraisal of
others' pain, as well as the corresponding affective responses. Numerous studies …

Racial bias in empathy: Do we process dark-and fair-colored hands in pain differently? An EEG study

S Fabi, H Leuthold - Neuropsychologia, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to identify racial bias influences on empathic processing from early
stimulus encoding, over categorization until late motor processing stages by comparing …

The effects of long-term menstrual pain on pain empathy in women with primary dysmenorrhea

J Mu, Q Wang, W Dun, J Yang, K Wang, M Zhang, J Liu - Pain, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Primary dysmenorrhea (PDM) is not only a painful experience but also affects the
psychological and affective states of women. Neuroimaging studies have revealed shared …

Interoceptive awareness mediated the effects of a 15‐minute diaphragmatic breathing on empathy for pain: A randomized controlled trial

Y He, L Ge, J Yuan, Y Wang, D Zheng, A Rui… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Although empathy for pain plays an important role in positive interpersonal relationships and
encourages engagement in prosocial behavior, it remains largely unknown whether …

[HTML][HTML] Affective and cognitive empathy in pre-teachers with strong or weak professional identity: An ERP study

J Zhu, XQ Wang, X He, YY Hu, F Li, MF Liu… - Frontiers in Human …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Pain empathy is influenced by a number of factors. However, few studies have examined the
effects of strength of professional identity on pain empathy in pre-service teachers. This …

Empathy for pain influences perceptual and motor processing: Evidence from response force, ERPs, and EEG oscillations

S Fabi, H Leuthold - Social Neuroscience, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In the present study we investigated the nature and chronometry of empathy for pain
influences on perceptual and motor processes. Thus, event-related brain potentials (ERPs) …

The empathy for pain stimuli system (EPSS): development and preliminary validation

J Meng, Y Li, L Luo, L Li, J Jiang, X Liu… - Behavior Research …, 2024 - Springer
We present the Empathy for Pain Stimuli System (EPSS): a large-scale database of stimuli
for studying people's empathy for pain. The EPSS comprises five sub-databases. First, the …