ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2023
Autistic Traits and Empathy for Others' Pain Among the General Population: Test of the Mediating Effects of First-Hand Pain Sensitivity.
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- Neural effects of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation over left supramarginal gyrus on cognitive empathy for pain.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2026Article
- Neural Heterogeneity Underlying Behavioral Equivalence: A Dynamic Neuro-Decoding Study of Cognitive and Affective Empathy in Relation to Autism-Like Traits.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- On the Relationship Between Alexithymia and Social Cognition: A Systematic Review.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2024Review
- Autistic and Non-autistic Children's Pain Perception is Modulated by Their First-Hand Pain Sensitivity and Theory of Mind.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2024Article
- The Empathy for Pain Stimuli System (EPSS): Development and preliminary validation.Behavior research methods · 2024Article
- Intact painful sensation but enhanced non-painful sensation in individuals with autistic traits.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Not on the same wavelength? How autistic traits influence cooperation: evidence from fNIRS hyperscanning.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- Continuous high-frequency deep brain stimulation of the anterior insula modulates autism-like behavior in a valproic acid-induced rat model.Journal of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Empathy for pain in individuals with autistic traits during observation of static and dynamic stimuli.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by reduced pain empathy-a process that is grounded in first-hand pain perception. Because autistic traits are continuously distributed in the general population, we hypothesized that first-hand pain sensitivity would mediate the link between autistic traits and pain empathy. After controlling for alexithymia, higher autistic traits were associated with lower cognitive and emotional empathy in response to others' pain, as well as lower sensitivity to cold and heat pain (higher cold pain tolerance and lower laser heat pain-intensity ratings). Importantly, pain sensitivity fully mediated the link between autistic traits and pain empathy. These findings highlight the role of atypical first-hand pain sensitivity in the lack of pain empathy observed in people with high autistic traits or ASD.
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