Investigating Empathic Pupillary Responses to Facial Expressions of Pain

Poster Session VIII

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Abstract: Facial expressions are critical for communicating pain interpersonally. Using eye-tracking, pupils dilated in a pain recognition task (p=0.002) as well as a pain intensity task (p<0.001) when perceiving painful facial expressions. This supports the literature that neural systems of pain experience in oneself overlap with perceptions of pain in others.

• Jasdeep Kang (Presenting Author)
• Yili Zhao (Author)
• Kai Sherwood (Author)
• Troy Dildine (Author)
• Lauren Atlas (Author)