Pain sensitivity mediates the relationship between empathy for pain and psychopathic traits

Pain sensitivity mediates the relationship between empathy for pain and psychopathic traits

Abstract Psychopathic traits and antisocial behavior show a well-documented relationship with decreased empathic processing. It has been proposed that a reduced own experience of pain leads to perceiving others’ pain as less severe, which potentially facilitates exploitative, aggressive behavior tow...

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Main Authors: Dimana V. Atanassova, Inti A. Brazil, Christiaan E. A. Tomassen, Joukje M. Oosterman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Psychopathy
Empathy
Pain sensitivity
SRP
QST
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-87892-x
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