Empathy for pain persists across live two-way video interactions and viewing of prerecorded videos
Jannik Heimann, Pauline Petereit, Anat Perry, Ulrike M. Krämer
This study investigates how live video interactions versus prerecorded videos affect empathy for pain, finding that neural and physiological empathy responses are not diminished by reduced temporal presence.
Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience · Apr 15, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience