Decreased Empathic Responses to the ‘Lucky Guy’ in Love: the Effect of Intrasexual Competition

Decreased Empathic Responses to the ‘Lucky Guy’ in Love: the Effect of Intrasexual Competition

People have a greater desire to date highly attractive partners, which induces intrasexual competition between same-sex individuals. The present study used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to explore whether and how intrasexual competition modulates pain empathy for a same-sex rival and...

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Main Authors: Li eZheng, Fangxiao eZhang, Chunli eWei, Jialin eXu, Qianfeng eWang, Lei eZhu, Ian eRoberts, Xiuyan eGuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
fMRI
AI
mPFC
intrasexual competition
Pain empathy
AMCC
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00660/full

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http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00660/full

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