Empathy skill-dependent modulation of working memory by painful scene

Abstract As an important online information retaining and processing function, working memory plays critical roles in many other cognitive functions. Several long-term factors, such as age, addiction and diseases, have been affirmed to impair working memory, but whether or how the short-term factors...

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Autores principales:	Mo Chen, Yuan-Zheng Wang, Chen-Chen Ma, Qi-Ze Li, Han Zhou, Jie Fu, Qian-Qian Yang, Yong-Mei Zhang, Yu Liu, Jun-Li Cao
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:01eb5c7422604e30a32d84dbf5cd1b782021-12-02T11:52:44ZEmpathy skill-dependent modulation of working memory by painful scene10.1038/s41598-017-04702-92045-2322https://doaj.org/article/01eb5c7422604e30a32d84dbf5cd1b782017-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04702-9https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract As an important online information retaining and processing function, working memory plays critical roles in many other cognitive functions. Several long-term factors, such as age, addiction and diseases, have been affirmed to impair working memory, but whether or how the short-term factors, like painful stimuli or emotions, regulate the human working memory ability is not well explored. Here we investigated the influences of empathic pain on upcoming working memory and existing working memory, by presenting human subjects with the pictures depicting painful or neutral scene. After separating the subjects into two groups, the more empathic group and relatively indifferent group, according to a well-accepted questionnaire (the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI)), the modulatory effect emerged. Empathic pain might exerted either a facilitating effect or an impairing effect, which was closely correlated with the personal empathy skills. Meanwhile, different aspects of subjects’ empathy traits exerted distinct effects, and female subjects were more vulnerable than male subjects. Present study reveals a new modulatory manner of the working memory, via empathy skill-dependent painful experience.Mo ChenYuan-Zheng WangChen-Chen MaQi-Ze LiHan ZhouJie FuQian-Qian YangYong-Mei ZhangYu LiuJun-Li CaoNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Mo Chen Yuan-Zheng Wang Chen-Chen Ma Qi-Ze Li Han Zhou Jie Fu Qian-Qian Yang Yong-Mei Zhang Yu Liu Jun-Li Cao Empathy skill-dependent modulation of working memory by painful scene
description	Abstract As an important online information retaining and processing function, working memory plays critical roles in many other cognitive functions. Several long-term factors, such as age, addiction and diseases, have been affirmed to impair working memory, but whether or how the short-term factors, like painful stimuli or emotions, regulate the human working memory ability is not well explored. Here we investigated the influences of empathic pain on upcoming working memory and existing working memory, by presenting human subjects with the pictures depicting painful or neutral scene. After separating the subjects into two groups, the more empathic group and relatively indifferent group, according to a well-accepted questionnaire (the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI)), the modulatory effect emerged. Empathic pain might exerted either a facilitating effect or an impairing effect, which was closely correlated with the personal empathy skills. Meanwhile, different aspects of subjects’ empathy traits exerted distinct effects, and female subjects were more vulnerable than male subjects. Present study reveals a new modulatory manner of the working memory, via empathy skill-dependent painful experience.
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author	Mo Chen Yuan-Zheng Wang Chen-Chen Ma Qi-Ze Li Han Zhou Jie Fu Qian-Qian Yang Yong-Mei Zhang Yu Liu Jun-Li Cao
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title	Empathy skill-dependent modulation of working memory by painful scene
title_short	Empathy skill-dependent modulation of working memory by painful scene
title_full	Empathy skill-dependent modulation of working memory by painful scene
title_fullStr	Empathy skill-dependent modulation of working memory by painful scene
title_full_unstemmed	Empathy skill-dependent modulation of working memory by painful scene
title_sort	empathy skill-dependent modulation of working memory by painful scene
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/01eb5c7422604e30a32d84dbf5cd1b78
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Empathy skill-dependent modulation of working memory by painful scene

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