Journal article
Please empathize! Instructions to empathise strengthen response facilitation after pain observation
Abstract
Recent research has shown that observing others in pain leads to a general facilitation of reaction times. The current study sheds further light on the relationship between pain observation and reaction time by exploring how bottom-up processes, in the form of perceived pain intensity, and top-down processes, in the form of explicit instructions to empathise, influence response facilitation after pain observation. Participants watched videos of …
Authors
Galang CM; Obhi SS
Journal
Cognition & Emotion, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 316–328
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
February 17, 2020
DOI
10.1080/02699931.2019.1625307
ISSN
0269-9931