Skin Conductance Response to the Pain of Others Predicts Later Costly Helping

People show autonomic responses when they empathize with the suffering of another person. However, little is known about how these autonomic changes are related to prosocial behavior. We measured skin conductance responses (SCRs) and affect ratings in participants while either receiving painful stim...

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Main Authors: Hein, Grit, Lamm, Claus, Brodbeck, Christian, Singer, Tania
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3149614/