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Subliminal presentation of other faces (but not own face) primes behavioral and evoked cortical processing of empathy for pain.

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Ibáñez, Agustín, Hurtado, Esteban, Lobos, Alejandro, Escobar, Josefina, Trujillo, Natalia, Baez, Sandra, Huepe, David, Manes, Facundo +1 more·2011·Brain Research

Abstract

Current research on empathy for pain emphasizes the overlap in the neural response between the first-hand experience of pain and its perception in others. However, recent studies suggest that the perception of the pain of others may reflect the processing of a threat or negative arousal rather than an automatic pro-social response. It can thus be suggested that pain processing of other-related, but not self-related, information could imply danger rather than empathy, due to the possible threat represented in the expressions of others (especially if associated with pain stimuli). To test this hypothesis, two experiments considering subliminal stimuli were designed. In Experiment 1, neutral and semantic pain expressions previously primed with own or other faces were presented to participants. When other-face priming was used, only the detection of semantic pain expressions was facilitated. In Experiment 2, pictures with pain and neutral scenarios previously used in ERP and fMRI research were used in a categorization task. Those pictures were primed with own or other faces following the same procedure as in Experiment 1 while ERPs were recorded. Early (N1) and late (P3) cortical responses between pain and no-pain were modulated only in the other-face priming condition. These results support the threat value of pain hypothesis and suggest the necessity for the inclusion of own- versus other-related information in future empathy for pain research.

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Ibáñez, A., Hurtado, E., Lobos, A., Escobar, J., Trujillo, N., Baez, S., Huepe, D., Manes, F., & Decety, J.
Affiliations
  • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR)
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CL)
  • Universidad Diego Portales (CL)
  • Universidad de Antioquia (CO)
  • Favaloro University (AR)
Corresponding author
Ibáñez, Agustín
Venue
Brain Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-06
Volume
1398
Pages
72-85
ISSN
0006-8993 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2071833234
Cited by
110
References
90
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4.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Brain Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Conicet (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
Funders
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
empathy for pain, pain perception, threat detection
MeSH terms
Adult, Cerebral Cortex, Empathy, Evoked Potentials, Visual, Facial Expression, Fear, Female, Humans, Male, Pain, Subliminal Stimulation, Young Adult

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