title: Empathic neural responses to others' pain depend on monetary reward.
abstract: Human empathy is not merely a resonance with others' physical condition, but is modulated by social factors. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, the present study demonstrated an increased brain empathic response to others in pain when they received no rather than a large reward, with increments of the ACC, aMCC, insula and postcentral gyrus in the pain matrix and temporoparietal junction. Thus, pain target's financial situation modulated brain empathic responses in the pain matrix based on an understanding of the situation pain target faces.
authors: School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, North Zhongshan Road 3663, Shanghai, SH 200062, R. P. China.
authors: Xiuyan
authors: X
authors: Guo
authors: Li
authors: L
authors: Zheng
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Zhang
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Zhu
authors: Jianqi
authors: J
authors: Li
authors: Qianfeng
authors: Q
authors: Wang
authors: Zoltan
authors: Z
authors: Dienes
authors: Zhiliang
authors: Z
authors: Yang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004645:Empathy / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012201:Reward; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen