Journal article
Empathic pain observation does not influence automatic imitation in an online setting
Abstract
Previous research has shown that empathic pain observation can lead to motor facilitation in the form of faster reaction times. However, it is unclear whether participants are focusing on the others’ pain or simply focusing on their own discomfort/distress (from watching the videos) during the task. This is an important issue as self- vs other-oriented focusing plays a key role in empathic processing. To address this issue, we combined empathic …
Authors
Galang CM; Obhi SS
Journal
Experimental Brain Research, Vol. 241, No. 1, pp. 263–276
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
January 2023
DOI
10.1007/s00221-022-06508-2
ISSN
0014-4819