From painkiller to empathy killer: acetaminophen (paracetamol) reduces empathy for pain

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Single-dose Systemic Acetaminophen to Prevent Postoperative Pain

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Placebo analgesia and its opioidergic regulation suggest that empathy for pain is grounded in self pain

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No Evidence that MDMA-Induced Enhancement of Emotional Empathy Is Related to Peripheral Oxytocin Levels or 5-HT1a Receptor Activation

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An fMRI-Based Neurologic Signature of Physical Pain

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Beyond metaphor: contrasting mechanisms of social and physical pain

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The modern pharmacology of paracetamol: therapeutic actions, mechanism of action, metabolism, toxicity and recent pharmacological findings

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Felt and Seen Pain Evoke the Same Local Patterns of Cortical Activity in Insular and Cingulate Cortex

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Distinct roles of the ‘Shared Pain’ and ‘Theory of Mind’ networks in processing others’ emotional suffering

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What do we (not) know about how paracetamol (acetaminophen) works?

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Meta-analytic evidence for common and distinct neural networks associated with directly experienced pain and empathy for pain

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Imitation, Empathy, and Mirror Neurons

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