Embodying Pain
Embodied models of social cognition argue that representations of first-hand sensorimotor experiences (such as physical pain) are re-enacted during the interaction with other people, for instance when we empathize with others’ suffering or we witness unfair/ostracizing treatments. The goal of this project is to ascertain whether first-hand experiences influence social behavior through sensory-specific processes or supramodal representations of dimensions such as unpleasantness, which are common to many qualitatively different states.
pain
empathy
emotion
Unpleasantness
arousal
moral cognition
Unfairness
Self-Other distinction
Social cognition
Social interactions
Social Exclusion
Cyberball
disgust
Facial Expressions
face processing
Representation Similarity
Insula
Cingulate Cortex
Publications
Evaluating correctly others’ pain is a crucial prosocial ability, especially relevant for the healthcare system. In clinical …
Laura Riontino, Raphael Fournier, Alexandra Lapteva, Nicolas Silvestrini, Sophie Schwartz, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
Medical students and professional healthcare providers often underestimate patients’ pain, together with decreased neural responses to …
Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua, Christoph Hofstetter, Gil Sharvit, Olivier Hugli, Patrik Vuilleumier
Embodied models of social cognition argue that others’ emotional states are processed by re-enacting a representation of the same …
Giada Dirupo, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua, Maha Kashef, Martin Debbané, Deborah Badoux
Embodied models suggest that moral judgments are strongly intertwined with first-hand somatic experiences, with some pointing to …
Gil Sharvit, Enru Lin, Patrik Vuilleumier, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
Embodied models of social cognition argue that others’ affective states are processed by re-enacting a sensory-specific representation …
Lia Antico, Eugénie Cataldo, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
Seminal theories posit that social and physical suffering underlie partly-common representational code. It is unclear, however, if this …
Lia Antico, Amelie Guyon, Zainab K. Mohamed, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often engage in dangerous self-injurious behaviors (SIBs) as a maladaptive …
Emilie Olié, Kimberly C. Doell, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua, Philippe Courtet, Nader Perroud, Sophie Scwartz
People’s sensitivity to first-hand pain is affected by their ongoing emotions, with positive states (joy, amusement) exerting …
Emilie Qiao-Tasserit, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua, Patrik Vuilleumier
In the last decade, a growing research effort in behavioral sciences, especially psychology and neuroscience, has been invested in the …
Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua, Leonie Koban, Susanne Leiberg, Patrik Vuilleumier
The anterior insula (AI) and mid-anterior cingulate cortex (mACC) have repeatedly been implicated in first-hand and vicarious …
Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua, Anita Tusche, Patrik Vuilleumier, Tania Singer
The discovery of regions in the human brain (e.g., insula and cingulate cortex) that activate both under direct exposure to pain and …
Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua, Christoph Hofstetter, Patrik Vuilleumier