The Neural Underpinnings of Vicarious Experience

• Hoofdauteur: Bernadette M Fitzgibbon (auth)
• Andere auteurs: Jamie Ward (auth), Peter G. Enticott (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Reeks: Frontiers Research Topics
• Onderwerpen: Neurosciences; synaesthesia; Pain; social cognition; social neuroscience; vicarious experience; Empathy; Personality; Mirror Neurons; Touch
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Everyday we vicariously experience a range of states that we observe in other people: we may "feel" embarrassed when witnessing another making a social faux pas, or we may feel sadness when we see a loved one upset. In some cases this process appears to be implicit. For instance, observing...