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To what extent do we share the pain of others? Insight from the neural bases of pain empathy.

Jackson, Philip L., Rainville, Pierre, Decety, Jean·2006·Pain

DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2006.09.013

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In the representationalist framework generally adopted in cognitive neuroscience, pain is conceived as a subjective experience triggered by the activation of a mental representation of actual or potential tissue damage (nociception). This representation may involve somatic sensory features, as well as affective-motivational reactions associated with the promotion of protective or recuperative visceromotor and behavioral responses. Mental representation of nociception may provide the primary referent from which a rich associative network can be established to evoke the notion of pain in the absence of a nociceptive stimulus. Here, we adopt the notion of a mental representation of pain as a means to relate the experience of pain in oneself to the perception of pain in others. We review the functional neuroimaging studies supporting the hypothesis that the perception of pain in others relies at least partly on the activation of a mental representation of pain in the Self, and thus on common neural systems. However, we also demonstrate that there are systematic differences in activation sites within painrelated areas that must be considered for a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying pain empathy

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Authors: Jackson, P. L., Rainville, P., & Decety, J.
Affiliations: Université Laval (CA)
Université de Montréal (CA)
Corresponding author: Jackson, Philip L.
ORCID: Jackson, Philip L.
Rainville, Pierre
Venue: Pain
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published: 2006-11
Volume: 125
Issue: 1
Pages: 5-9
ISSN: 0304-3959 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.09.013
OpenAlex: W1986150374
Cited by: 326
References: 30
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 17
FWCI: 27.11
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Pain (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Corpus Université Laval (Université Laval) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Treatment
Keywords: empathy for pain, nociception, functional neuroimaging
MeSH terms: Brain, Emotions, Empathy, Humans, Pain, Perception, Self Concept

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