Trial reportScientific reports2023
Exposure to hate speech deteriorates neurocognitive mechanisms of the ability to understand others' pain.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- The influence of hate speech on adolescents' bystander intention and TNB aggression.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026Article
- Pathological Processes Among Content Creators on Social Media: Scoping Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- Topological data mapping of online hate speech, misinformation, and general mental health: A large language model based study.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- Neural Patterns of Social Pain in the Brain-Wide Representations Across Social Contexts.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- The Double-Edged Sword Effect of Empathic Concern on Mental Health and Behavioral Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Excessive Adaptation.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Can anthropomorphic design in beverage packaging enhance impulse buying intention? Amazing visual and verbal cues!PloS one · 2025Article
- X under Musk's leadership: Substantial hate and no reduction in inauthentic activity.PloS one · 2025Article
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Abstract
The widespread ubiquity of hate speech affects people's attitudes and behavior. Exposure to hate speech can lead to prejudice, dehumanization, and lack of empathy towards members of outgroups. However, the impact of exposure to hate speech on empathy and propensity to attribute mental states to others has never been directly tested empirically. In this fMRI study, we examine the effects of exposure to hate speech on neural mechanisms of empathy towards ingroup (Poles) versus outgroup members (Arabs). Thirty healthy young adults were randomly assigned to 2 groups: hateful and neutral. During the fMRI study, they were initially exposed to hateful or neutral comments and subsequently to narratives depicting Poles and Arabs in pain. Using whole-brain and region of interest analysis, we showed that exposure to derogatory language about migrants attenuates the brain response to someone else's pain in the right temporal parietal junction (rTPJ), irrespective of group membership (Poles or Arabs). Given that rTPJ is associated with processes relevant to perspective-taking, its reduced activity might be related to a decreased propensity to take the psychological perspective of others. This finding suggests that hate speech affects human functioning beyond intergroup relations.
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