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. 2009 Jan 29;61(2):153-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.01.003.

Emotional pain without sensory pain--dream on?

David Borsook  1 , Lino Becerra
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Emotional pain without sensory pain--dream on?

David Borsook et al. Neuron. .
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Abstract

The article by Danziger and colleagues in this issue of Neuron evaluates empathy in a unique population--individuals with congenital insensitivity to pain. As such, it provides insights into the brain's ability to evaluate others' feeling to observed pain without having a specific sensory experience of pain itself.

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