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
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-87892-x
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