Enhanced corticospinal response to observed pain in pain synesthetes

Bernadette Fitzgibbon; Peter Gregory Enticott; John Bradshaw; Melita Joy Giummarra; Michael Chou; Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis; Paul Fitzgerald

doi:10.3758/s13415-011-0080-8

Enhanced corticospinal response to observed pain in pain synesthetes

Bernadette Fitzgibbon, Peter Gregory Enticott, John Bradshaw, Melita Joy Giummarra, Michael Chou, Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis, Paul Fitzgerald

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Abstract

Here, we investigated whether acquired pain synesthetes, individuals who experience actual pain when observing injury to another, demonstrate less corticospinal inhibition than do controls during pain observation, as a potential mechanism for the experience of vicarious pain. We

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	406 - 418
Number of pages	13
Journal	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience
Volume	12
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-011-0080-8
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Fitzgibbon, B., Enticott, P. G., Bradshaw, J., Giummarra, M. J., Chou, M., Georgiou-Karistianis, N., & Fitzgerald, P. (2012). Enhanced corticospinal response to observed pain in pain synesthetes. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 12(2), 406 - 418. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-011-0080-8

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