TY - JOUR
T1 - Acetaminophen study yields new insights into neurobiological underpinnings of empathy
AU - Tully, John
AU - Petrinovic, Marija-Magdalena
PY - 2016/10/6
Y1 - 2016/10/6
N2 - Empathy is a cornerstone of social behavior, impairments of which are characteristic of neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism and psychopathy. According to the "shared representations" theory, empathy relies on neural processes similar to those underpinning the first-hand experience of a given emotion. A recent study by Mischkowski, Crocker, and Way (Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 11: 1345-1353, 2016) provides novel insights into neurobiological underpinnings of empathy by demonstrating that acetaminophen, a widely used painkiller, reduces empathy for other's physical and social pain.
AB - Empathy is a cornerstone of social behavior, impairments of which are characteristic of neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism and psychopathy. According to the "shared representations" theory, empathy relies on neural processes similar to those underpinning the first-hand experience of a given emotion. A recent study by Mischkowski, Crocker, and Way (Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 11: 1345-1353, 2016) provides novel insights into neurobiological underpinnings of empathy by demonstrating that acetaminophen, a widely used painkiller, reduces empathy for other's physical and social pain.
U2 - 10.1152/jn.00723.2016
DO - 10.1152/jn.00723.2016
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-3077
JO - Journal of Neurophysiology
JF - Journal of Neurophysiology
M1 - doi: 10.1152/jn.00723.2016
ER -