Racial discrimination in social behavior, although disapproved of by many contemporary
cultures, has been widely reported. Because empathy plays a key functional role in social …

The vast majority of what is known about the neural underpinnings of human cognition
comes from studies limited to racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically homogeneous …

The debate regarding whether women are more empathetic than men has broad scientific,
social and clinical implications. However, previous independent questionnaires and brain …

Empathy enables understanding and sharing of others' feelings. Human neuroimaging
studies have identified critical brain regions supporting empathy for pain, including the …

Pain is a significant national burden in terms of patient suffering, expenditure and lost
productivity. Understanding pain is fundamental to improving evaluation, treatment and …

The classification of individuals into different racial groups provides a precondition for racial
bias in cognition and behaviour, but how the brain enables spontaneous racial …

How is the human brain shaped by our sociocultural experiences? What neural correlates
underlie the extraordinary cultural diversity of human behavior? How do our genes interact …

Both electroencephalography and functional magnetic resonance imaging studies have
revealed enhanced neural responses to perceived pain in same-race than other-race …

Empathy for pain is thought to activate the affective-motivational components of the pain
matrix, which includes the anterior insula and middle and anterior cingulate cortices, as …

Empathy is a complex psychological phenomenon crucial for social perception and
interactions. Several lines of evidence suggest that the right temporo-parietal junction is …