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Effects of Being Imitated on Motor Responses Evoked by Pain Observation: Exerting Control Determines Action Tendencies When Perceiving Pain in Others

Lize De Coster, Michael Andres and Marcel Brass
Journal of Neuroscience 14 May 2014, 34 (20) 6952-6957; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5044-13.2014
Lize De Coster
1Faculty of Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium,
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Michael Andres
1Faculty of Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium,
2Institut de reserche en sciences psychologiques, Université catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, and
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Marcel Brass
1Faculty of Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium,
3Radboud University NL-6525 HP Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5044-13.2014
PubMed 
24828648
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History 
  • Received November 29, 2013
  • Revision received March 25, 2014
  • Accepted April 12, 2014
  • First published May 14, 2014.
  • Version of record published May 14, 2014.
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Author Information

  1. Lize De Coster1,
  2. Michael Andres1,2, and
  3. Marcel Brass1,3
  1. 1Faculty of Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium,
  2. 2Institut de reserche en sciences psychologiques, Université catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, and
  3. 3Radboud University NL-6525 HP Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: L.D.C., M.A., and M.B. designed research; L.D.C. performed research; L.D.C. analyzed data; L.D.C., M.A., and M.B. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

    • Received November 29, 2013.
    • Revision received March 25, 2014.
    • Accepted April 12, 2014.
  • This work was supported by Research Foundation Flanders (Grant FWO10/ASP/321 to L.D.C.). M.A. is a Research Associate at the Fund for Scientific Research, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium). We thank Patrick Santens for help in participant screening.

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Lize De Coster, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. Lize.DeCoster{at}UGent.be

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