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| Title |
Witnessing hateful people in pain modulates brain activity in regions associated with physical pain and reward
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00772 |
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| Authors |
Glenn R. Fox, Mona Sobhani, Lisa Aziz-Zadeh |
| Abstract |
How does witnessing a hateful person in pain compare to witnessing a likable person in pain? The current study compared the brain bases for how we perceive likable people in pain with those of viewing hateful people in pain. While social bonds are built through sharing the plight and pain of others in the name of empathy, viewing a hateful person in pain also has many potential ramifications. In this functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) study, Caucasian Jewish male participants viewed videos of (1) disliked, hateful, anti-Semitic individuals, and (2) liked, non-hateful, tolerant individuals in pain. The results showed that, compared with viewing liked people, viewing hateful people in pain elicited increased responses in regions associated with observation of physical pain (the insular cortex, the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and the somatosensory cortex), reward processing (the striatum), and frontal regions associated with emotion regulation. Functional connectivity analyses revealed connections between seed regions in the left ACC and right insular cortex with reward regions, the amygdala, and frontal regions associated with emotion regulation. These data indicate that regions of the brain active while viewing someone in pain may be more active in response to the danger or threat posed by witnessing the pain of a hateful individual more so than the desire to empathize with a likable person's pain. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 24 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 21% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 13% |
| Mexico | 2 | 8% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 8% |
| Spain | 2 | 8% |
| Argentina | 1 | 4% |
| Israel | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 7 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 19 | 79% |
| Scientists | 4 | 17% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 70 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1 | 1% |
| Finland | 1 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 66 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 15 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 10% |
| Other | 19 | 27% |
| Unknown | 4 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 40 | 57% |
| Neuroscience | 8 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Unknown | 11 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 104. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 September 2021.
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#405,024
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#2,759
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#48
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