Emotional Pain without Sensory Pain—Dream On?

نویسندگان

  • David Borsook
  • Lino Becerra
چکیده

The article by Danziger and colleagues in this issue of Neuron evaluates empathy in a unique population--individuals with congenital insensitivity to pain. As such, it provides insights into the brain's ability to evaluate others' feeling to observed pain without having a specific sensory experience of pain itself.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Neuron

دوره 61  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009