Subliminal perception of others’ physical pain induces personal distress rather than empathic concern

Juan Song; Zijing Zhao; Zhibin Jiao; Yao Peng; Mingyuan Chu

doi:10.1186/s40359-023-01310-3

Subliminal perception of others’ physical pain induces personal distress rather than empathic concern

Juan Song, Zijing Zhao, Zhibin Jiao, Yao Peng, Mingyuan Chu^* (Corresponding Author)

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Psychology

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Abstract

What is our immediate reaction when we witness someone experiencing pain? The empathy-altruism hypothesis predicts that observers would display empathy and a tendency to approach the person in pain. Alternatively, the threat value of pain hypothesis (TVPH) argues that others' pain serves as a signal of threat and should induce observers’ avoidance response.

Original language	English
Article number	276
Number of pages	17
Journal	BMC Psychology
Volume	11
Issue number	1
Early online date	15 Sept 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01310-3
Publication status	Published - 15 Sept 2023

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Acknowledgements
We thank the members of the research group for their revising this paper.
Funding
This research was supported by Humanities and Social Science Research Youth Fund Project of the Ministry of Education (19YJC190021) Grants to Juan Song. The funding body has no further role in the design of the study, data collection, analysis, data interpretation, and writing of the manuscript.

Keywords

Subliminal priming
Pain perception
Emotional and behavioural response
Threat value of pain hypothesis
Empathy-altruism hypothesis

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