I Feel Your Pain: Neural Mechanisms Of Empathy

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 19:28 in Psychology & Sociology

Is it possible to share a pain that you observe in another but have never actually experienced yourself? A new study uses a sophisticated brain-imaging technique to try and answer this question. The research provides insight into brain mechanisms involved in empathy.

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