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SUBMITTER: Tomova L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5465825 | biostudies-other | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Tomova L L Majdandžic J J Hummer A A Windischberger C C Heinrichs M M Lamm C C
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience 20170301 3
Recent behavioral investigations suggest that acute stress can increase prosocial behavior. Here, we investigated whether increased empathy represents a potential mechanism for this finding. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we assessed the effects of acute stress on neural responses related to automatic and regulatory components of empathy for pain as well as subsequent prosocial behavior. Stress increased activation in brain areas associated with the automatic sharing of others' pai ...[more]