NeuroscienceCerebral CortexPeer-reviewed
Beyond sharing unpleasant affect - evidence for pain-specific opioidergic modulation of empathy for pain
Markus Rütgen, Eva-Maria Wirth, Igor Riečanský…·Claus Lamm
This study investigates whether placebo analgesia affects affective touch and pain empathy, finding domain-general effects for touch but pain-specific opioidergic modulation for pain empathy.
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