A5036140150- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Free Will and Agency
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Cognitive Science and Education Research
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Cell Image Analysis Techniques
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Neural dynamics and brain function
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
2019-2025
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
2019-2025
Radboud University Nijmegen
2019
Past historical events and experimental research have shown complying with the orders from an authority has a strong impact on people's behaviour. However, mechanisms underlying how obeying influences moral behaviours remain largely unknown. Here, we test hypothesis that when male female humans inflict painful stimulation to another individual, their empathic response is reduced this action complied order of experimenter (coerced condition) in comparison being free decide pain (free...
Neuroscience research affects individuals in diverse and profound ways, not only the many laboratories imaging facilities worldwide but also far beyond them. Often, these experiences inspire creative expression, leading to powerful artworks with beautiful thought-provoking stories tell or ideas reflect on. Since 2011, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience—an institute of Royal Academy Arts Sciences (KNAW)—has hosted an international art competition showcase inspired by neuroscience....
Abstract Learning to predict action outcomes in morally conflicting situations is essential for social decision-making but poorly understood. Here we tested which forms of Reinforcement Theory capture how participants learn choose between self-money and other-shocks, they adapt changes contingencies. We find choices were better described by a reinforcement learning model based on the current value separately expected than one combined historical values past outcomes. Participants track...
Abstract Psychology and neuroscience research have shown that fractioning operations among several individuals along a hierarchical chain allows diffusing responsibility between components of the chain, which has potential to disinhibit antisocial actions. Here, we present two studies, one using fMRI (Study 1) EEG 2), designed help understand how commanding or being in an intermediary position impacts sense agency empathy for pain. In age military drones, also explored whether human robot...
Based on neuroimaging data, the insula is considered important for people to empathize with pain of others. Here, we present intracranial electroencephalographic (iEEG) recordings and single-cell from human while seven epilepsy patients rated intensity a woman’s painful experiences seen in short movie clips. Pain had be deduced seeing facial expressions or hand being slapped by belt. We found activity broadband 20–190 Hz range correlated trial-by-trial perceived both types stimuli. Within...
It has been argued that experiencing the pain of others motivates helping. Here, we investigate contribution somatic feelings while witnessing onto costly helping decisions, by contrasting choices and brain activity participants report feeling (self-reported mirror-pain synesthetes) against those do not. Participants in fMRI witnessed a confederate receiving stimulations whose intensity they could reduce donating money. The be inferred either from facial expressions (Face condition) or...
Momentary emotional experiences constitute a key ingredient of psychological wellbeing. Here, we examine the role for wellbeing during prolonged stress COVID-19 pandemic. Study 1 compared relative importance before versus pandemic using pre-registered analyses with representative samples. Negative were more detrimental and positive less protective 2 examined specific survey data from 24,221 participants in 51 countries. feelings calm, hope, anxiety, loneliness, sadness were, across...
The COVID-19 pandemic presents challenges to psychological well-being, but how can we predict when people su er or cope during sustained stress?Here, test the prediction that specific types of momentary emotional experiences are di erently linked well-being pandemic.Study 1 used survey data collected from 24,221 participants in 51 countries outbreak.We show that, across countries, is individuals' recent experiences, including calm, hope, anxiety, loneliness, and sadness.Consistent results...
Around the globe, people are living under threat of COVID-19 pandemic, and many experiencing curtailed opportunities for sustainable livelihoods real-world social interactions. These conditions present a significant challenge to wellbeing1,2 it is therefore essential examine factors associated with psychological wellbeing during this pandemic other collective crises3. Here, we used survey data collected from 26,684 participants in 51 countries 17 April 15 May 2020 individual societal that...
Mirror-sensory synaesthetes mirror the pain or touch that they observe in other people on their own bodies. This type of synaesthesia has been associated with enhanced empathy. We investigated whether empathy mirror-sensory synesthesia influences experience situations involving and it affects prosocial decision making. (N = 18, all female), verified a touch-interference paradigm, were compared similar number age-matched control individuals (all female). Participants viewed arousing images...
Abstract Helping others often comes with a cost to ourselves. It has been argued that experiencing the pain of motivates helping. Here we investigate how individuals report somatically feeling (mirror-pain synesthetes) differ from those do not, when deciding help and reduce someone’s conveyed through different modalities. Mirror-pain synesthetes participants who not such everyday life experiences witnessed confederate expressing could decide intensity by donating money. Measuring brain...
Functional neuroimaging studies suggest that a large-scale brain network transforms others' pain into its vicarious representation in the observer, potentially modulating helping behavior. However, neuromolecular basis of individual differences and is poorly understood. We investigated role endogenous μ-opioid receptor (MOR) system altruistic costly helping. MOR density was measured using [
Abstract Based on neuroimaging data, the insula is considered important for people to empathize with pain of others, whether that perceived through facial expressions or sight limbs in painful situations. Here we present first report intracranial electroencephalographic (iEEG) recordings from insulae collected while 7 presurgical epilepsy patients rated intensity a woman’s experiences viewed movies. In two separate conditions, was deduced seeing hand being slapped by belt. We found broadband...
Abstract Predicting how actions result in conflicting outcomes for self and others is essential social functioning. We tested whether Reinforcement Learning Theory captures participants learn to choose between symbols that define a moral conflict financial self-gain other-pain. choices are better explained by model-free learning (decisions based on combined historical values of past outcomes), or model-based the current value separately expected outcomes) including trials which know either...
ABSTRACT History has shown that fractioning operations between several individuals along a hierarchical chain allows diffusing responsibility components of the chain, which potential to disinhibit antisocial actions. Here, we present two studies, one using fMRI (Study 1) and EEG 2), designed help understand how commanding or being in an intermediary position impacts sense agency empathy for pain. In age military drones, also explored whether human robot agent influences these measures. This...
The COVID-19 pandemic presents challenges to psychological wellbeing, but how can we predict when people suffer or cope during sustained stress? Here, test the prediction that specific types of momentary emotional experiences are differently linked wellbeing pandemic. Study 1 used survey data collected from 24,221 participants in 51 countries outbreak. We show that, across countries, is individuals’ recent experiences, including calm, hope, anxiety, loneliness, and sadness. Consistent...
Abstract Functional neuroimaging studies suggest that a large-scale brain network transforms others’ pain into its vicarious representation in the observer, potentially modulating helping behaviour. The neuromolecular basis of individual differences and helping, however, have remain poorly understood. Here we investigated role endogenous μ-opioid receptor (MOR) system – known for analgesia sociability altruistic costly helping. MOR density was measured with high-affinity agonist radioligand...
Mirror-sensory synesthetes mirror the pain or touch that they observe in other people on their own bodies. This type of synesthesia has been associated with enhanced empathy. We investigated whether empathy mirror-sensory influences experience situations involving pain, and it affects prosocial decision making. (N=18, all female), verified a touch-interference paradigm, were compared to similar number age-matched control individuals (all female). Participants viewed arousing images depicting...
ABSTRACT Past historical events and experimental research have shown complying with the orders from an authority has a strong impact on people’s behaviour. However, mechanisms underlying how obeying influences moral behaviours remain largely unknown. Here, we test hypothesis that when male female humans inflict painful stimulation to another individual, their empathic response is reduced this action complied order of experimenter (coerced condition) in comparison being free decide pain (free...