The vocal side of empathy: neural correlates of pain perception in spoken complaints.

ABSTRACT: In the extensive neuroimaging literature on empathy for pain, few studies have investigated how this phenomenon may relate to everyday social situations such as spoken interactions. The present study used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to assess how complaints, as vocal expressions of pain, are empathically processed by listeners and how these empathic responses may vary based on speakers' vocal expression and cultural identity. Twenty-four French participants listened to short utterances describing a painful event, which were either produced in a neutral-sounding or complaining voice by both in-group (French) and out-group (French Canadian) speakers. Results suggest that the perception of suffering from a complaining voice increased activity in the emotional voice areas, com

SUBMITTER: Mauchand M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10752465 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature