Pain sensitivity mediates the relationship between empathy for pain and psychopathic traits
Abstract Psychopathic traits and antisocial behavior show a well-documented relationship with decreased empathic processing. It has been proposed that a reduced own experience of pain leads to perceiving others’ pain as less severe, which potentially facilitates exploitative, aggressive behavior tow...
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Nature Portfolio
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-87892-x |
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