Affect or Cognition
the more painful the other person’s situation seems to be, the more Anterior Cingulate Cortex activation.
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Recall the study in which prairie voles are observed consoling their stressed partner. And we’d expect, the effect depends on the actions of Oxytocin. Remarkably, the oxytocin works in the ACC—selectively block oxytocin effects in the ACC, and voles don’t console.
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the ==ACC is essential for learning fear== and conditioned avoidance by observation alone.
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At its core the ==ACC is about self-interest==, with caring about that other person in pain as an add-on.
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and a big chunk of the Amygdala texting the Frontal Cortex is funneled through the Anterior Cingulate Cortex.
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the more the purity of Empathy is clouded with the anger, disgust, and indignation of blame, the harder it is to actually help.
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Theory of Mind networks such as the (TPJ) and superior central sulcus—
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⇒ Temporo parietal junction
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there is more engagement of the dorsolateral PFC when observing someone in emotional pain than physical pain.
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Resonating with someone else’s pain is also a cognitive task when it is a type of pain that you haven’t experienced.
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It is an enormous cognitive task for humans to overcome that, to reach an empathic state for someone who is different, unappealing. A hospital chaplain once described to me how he has to actively make sure that he is not preferentially visiting patients who were “YAVIS”—young, attractive, verbal, intelligent, or social.
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see also
Pain Perception
Theory of Mind and Mentalizing
Pain Perception
Peers, Social Acceptance, and Social Exclusion
Empathy
Empathy, Sympathy, and Moral Reasoning
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Chapter 14 Feeling Someone’s Pain Understanding Someone’s Pain Alleviating Someone’s Pain
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