I feel your pain: Neural mechanisms of empathy
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 15:07
in Biology & Nature
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, published by Cell Press in the January 29th issue of the journal Neuron, provides insight into brain mechanisms involved in empathy.