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The full text of this article hosted at iucr.org is unavailable due to technical difficulties. Behavioural Neuroscience Does an observer's empathy influence my pain? Effect of perceived empathetic or unempathetic support on a pain test C. Fauchon Corresponding Author E-mail address: camille.fauchon@inserm.fr http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5848-8681 Central Integration of Pain (NeuroPain), Inserm U1028, UCB Lyon1, UJM, Saint‐Etienne, France Correspondence: C.
The physiological and behavioural effects of empathy for other's pain have been widely investigated, while the opposite situation, i.e. the influence on one's pain of empathetic feedback from others, remains largely unexplored. Here, we assessed whether and how empathetic and unempathetic comments from observers modulate pain and associated vegetative reactions. In Study 1, conversations between observers of a pain study were recorded by professional actors.
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