Is the putative mirror neuron system associated with empathy? A systematic review and meta-analysis

S Bekkali, GJ Youssef, PH Donaldson… - Neuropsychology …, 2021 - Springer
Theoretical perspectives suggest that the mirror neuron system (MNS) is an important
neurobiological contributor to empathy, yet empirical support is mixed. Here, we adopt a …

The role of sensorimotor processes in pain empathy

I Riečanský, C Lamm - Brain topography, 2019 - Springer
Pain is a salient, aversive sensation which motivates avoidance, but also has a strong social
signaling function. Numerous studies have shown that regions of the nervous system active …

Increasing self-other bodily overlap increases sensorimotor resonance to others' pain

I Riečanský, LL Lengersdorff, DM Pfabigan… - Cognitive, Affective, & …, 2020 - Springer
Empathy for another person's pain and feeling pain oneself seem to be accompanied by
similar or shared neural responses. Such shared responses could be achieved by mapping …

[HTML][HTML] Common coding and dynamic interactions between observed, imagined, and experienced motor and somatosensory activity

LK Case, J Pineda, VS Ramachandran - Neuropsychologia, 2015 - Elsevier
Motor imagery and perception–considered generally as forms of motor simulation–share
overlapping neural representations with motor production. While much research has …

[HTML][HTML] EEG measures of sensorimotor processing and their development are abnormal in children with isolated dystonia and dystonic cerebral palsy

VM McClelland, P Fischer, E Foddai, S Dall'Orso… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2021 - Elsevier
Dystonia is a disorder of sensorimotor integration associated with abnormal oscillatory
activity within the basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical networks. Event-related changes in spectral …

Clarifying the relationship between trait empathy and action-based resonance indexed by EEG mu-rhythm suppression

MA DiGirolamo, JC Simon, KM Hubley, A Kopulsky… - Neuropsychologia, 2019 - Elsevier
Sensorimotor resonance, the vicarious activation of the sensory motor system during
observation of another's actions, is thought to contribute to important social functions …

The role of attention in human motor resonance

G Puglisi, A Leonetti, A Landau, L Fornia, G Cerri… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Observation of others' actions evokes in primary motor cortex and spinal circuits of observers
a subliminal motor resonance response, which reflects the motor program encoding …

Perspective taking reduces group biases in sensorimotor resonance

JN Gutsell, JC Simon, Y Jiang - Cortex, 2020 - Elsevier
Similar neural circuits are activated during action and the observation of action and such
sensorimotor resonance is said to support action understanding and empathy. Previous …

Directing visual attention during action observation modulates corticospinal excitability

DJ Wright, G Wood, ZC Franklin, B Marshall, M Riach… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) research has shown that corticospinal excitability is
facilitated during the observation of human movement. However, the relationship between …

I'll cry instead: Mu suppression responses to tearful facial expressions

SJ Krivan, N Caltabiano, D Cottrell, NA Thomas - Neuropsychologia, 2020 - Elsevier
Tears are a facial expression of emotion that readily elicit empathic responses from
observers. It is currently unknown whether these empathic responses to tears are influenced …