title: Exposure to violence reduces empathetic responses to other's pain.
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.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, North Zhongshan Road 3663, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Xiuyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Hongyi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jianqi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qianfeng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zoltan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dienes
authors.forename: Zhiliang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004645:Empathy / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D059907:Functional Neuroimaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*