Effects of Oxytocin and Prosocial Behavior on Brain Responses to Direct and Vicariously Experienced Pain

In this study, we tested the validity of 2 popular assumptions about empathy: (a) empathy can be enhanced by oxytocin, a neuropeptide known to be crucial in affiliative behavior, and (b) individual differences in prosocial behavior are positively associated with empathic brain responses. To do so, w...

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Autores principales: Singer, Tania, Snozzi, Romana, Bird, Geoffrey, Petrovic, Predrag, Silani, Giorgia, Heinrichs, Markus, Dolan, Raymond J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Psychological Association 2008
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Special Section
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19102589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0014195

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19102589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0014195

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