Valentini E, Koch K. Fine-grained analysis of shared neural circuits between perceived and observed pain: implications for the study of empathy for pain. J Neurophysiol 108: 1805-1807, 2012. First published May 23, 2012; doi: 10.1152/jn.00181.2012.-Feeling pain and seeing it in others activates largely overlapping neural substrates. A recent study ( Corradi-Dell'Acqua C, Hofstetter C, Vuilleumier P. J Neurosci 31: 17996-18006, 2011) for the first time raises the question of whether shared neural activations specifically code pain-related contents or merely their negative-aversive implication. The authors conclude that mid-insula and mid-cingulate share information specific to the presence of pain, whereas anterior insula shares information about its aversive content. We suggest that, together with valence and arousal, the control of saliency and threat may have an important heuristic potential in the study of empathy for pain.
Fine-grained analysis of shared neural circuits between perceived and observed pain: implications for the study of empathy for pain / Valentini, Elia; Katharina, Koch. - In: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-3077. - 108:7(2012), pp. 1805-1807. [10.1152/jn.00181.2012]
Fine-grained analysis of shared neural circuits between perceived and observed pain: implications for the study of empathy for pain
VALENTINI, ELIA;
2012
Abstract
Valentini E, Koch K. Fine-grained analysis of shared neural circuits between perceived and observed pain: implications for the study of empathy for pain. J Neurophysiol 108: 1805-1807, 2012. First published May 23, 2012; doi: 10.1152/jn.00181.2012.-Feeling pain and seeing it in others activates largely overlapping neural substrates. A recent study ( Corradi-Dell'Acqua C, Hofstetter C, Vuilleumier P. J Neurosci 31: 17996-18006, 2011) for the first time raises the question of whether shared neural activations specifically code pain-related contents or merely their negative-aversive implication. The authors conclude that mid-insula and mid-cingulate share information specific to the presence of pain, whereas anterior insula shares information about its aversive content. We suggest that, together with valence and arousal, the control of saliency and threat may have an important heuristic potential in the study of empathy for pain.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.