School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, North Zhongshan Road 3663, Shanghai, SH 200062, R. P. China.
Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2012 Jun;7(5):535-41. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsr034. Epub 2011 Jul 6.
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.
人类同理心不仅仅是对他人身体状况的共鸣,还受到社会因素的调节。本研究采用功能磁共振成像技术,发现当他人获得的奖励较少而非较多时,被试对他人疼痛的大脑共情反应会增加,疼痛矩阵中的前扣带皮层、前岛叶和中央后回以及颞顶联合区也会增加。因此,疼痛目标的财务状况调节了疼痛矩阵中的大脑共情反应,这种调节是基于对疼痛目标所面临情况的理解。