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SUBMITTER: Corradi-Dell'Acqua C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4802033 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Corradi-Dell'Acqua Corrado C Tusche Anita A Vuilleumier Patrik P Singer Tania T
Nature communications 20160318
The anterior insula (AI) and mid-anterior cingulate cortex (mACC) have repeatedly been implicated in first-hand and vicarious experiences of pain, disgust and unfairness. However, it is debated whether these regions process different aversive events through a common modality-independent code, reflecting the shared unpleasantness of the experiences or through independent modality-specific representations. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we subjected 19 participants (and 19 confederat ...[more]