NeuroscienceHuman Brain MappingPeer-reviewed
Healthcare experience affects pain-specific responses to others' suffering in the anterior insula
Corrado Corradi‐Dell’Acqua, Christoph Hofstetter, Gil Sharvit…·Patrik O. Vuilleumier
This study shows that healthcare experience reduces anterior insula activity in response to others' pain, but not other emotional states, suggesting a neural basis for pain underestimation by caregivers.