Citation

Guo X, Zheng L, Wang H, Zhu L, Li J, Wang Q, Dienes Z, Yang Z. Brain Cogn. 2013; 82(2): 187-191.

Affiliation

Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, North Zhongshan Road 3663, Shanghai, SH 200062, China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.bandc.2013.04.005

PMID

23673251

Abstract

Past researches showed that empathy for pain not only triggers a resonance mechanism between other and self, but also is modulated by contextual factors. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, the present study demonstrated that short-term media violence exposure reduced both pain ratings and also the activation of anterior insula and anterior mid-cingulate cortex to other's pain. Thus, violence exposure modulated empathic responses to other's pain based on a physiological desensitization.

Language: en