ICPS
2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023
Opioidergic Modulation of Pain Empathy and Prosocial Behavior
- Julia Braunstein
Vienna Cognitive Science Hub, University of Vienna - Julia Braunstein
Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna - Markus Rütgen
Karolinska Institutet - Matthäus Willeit
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Division of General Psychiatry),Medical University of Vienna - Claus Lamm
Vienna Cognitive Science Hub, University of Vienna - Claus Lamm
Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna
Abstract
This study aims to investigate the ‘shared representations’ account on empathy. We will crucially extend previous insights by applying double-blind morphine administration and testing whether dampening participant’s own pain experience would impact pain empathy as well as prosocial motivation to exert physical effort to help someone else avoid pain.
Social Cognition
