Signatures of social pain empathy: general and process-specific brain-wide representations of social exclusion and separation
Zhang, X.; Qing, P.; Liu, Q.; Liu, C.; Liu, L.; Gan, X.; Fu, K.; Lan, C.; Zhou, X.; Kendrick, K. M.; Becker, B.; Zhao, W.
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Empathy can be elicited by physiological pain, as well as in social contexts. Although physiological and different social contexts induce a strong subjective experience of empathy, the general and context-specific neural representations remain elusive. Here, we combine fMRI with multivariate pattern analysis to establish neurofunctional models for pain empathy triggered by social exclusion and separation. Our findings revealed both overlapping and distinct neural representations for social exclusion and separation empathy across cortical and subcortical regions. This study established an evolutionary model that traces the progression from social pain to physiological pain empathy. In conclusion, this study establishes neural decoding models for pain empathy evoked by social exclusion and social separation, revealing their neural foundations and interconnectedness of empathy induced by social and physiological stimuli. These findings deepen our understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying social pain empathy and provide robust neuromarkers to precisely evaluate empathy across physiological and social domains.
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