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  Talking about social conflict in the MRI scanner: Neural correlates of being empathized with

Seehausen, M., Kazzer, P., Bajbouj, M., Heekeren, H., Jacobs, A. M., Klann-Delius, G., et al. (2014). Talking about social conflict in the MRI scanner: Neural correlates of being empathized with. NeuroImage: Clinical, 84(0), 951-961. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.09.056.

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Seehausen, M., Author
Kazzer, P., Author
Bajbouj, M., Author
Heekeren, H.R., Author
Jacobs, A. M., Author
Klann-Delius, G., Author
Menninghaus, Winfried1, 2, Author                 
Prehn, K., Author
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1Department of Language and Literature, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Max Planck Society, ou_2421695              
2Cluster of Excellence “Languages of Emotion”, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, ou_persistent22              

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Free keywords: Empathy, Emotion, Paraphrasing, Social conflict, fMRI
 Abstract: This article investigates an age-old, puzzling question: how can a negatively valenced emotion such as sadness go together with aesthetic liking and even pleasure? We propose that an answer to this question must take into account the feeling of being moved, a complex emotional state that plays a major role in the history of poetics and aesthetics and has recently begun to attract interest in psychological research. We conducted a study in an actual cinema using film clips as sadness-eliciting stimuli. In total, 76 participants watched 38 clips that presented variations of the same sad scenario: a character or a group of characters learns about the death of a close person. The study revealed a highly significant positive correlation between sadness and enjoyment. However, this correlation was almost fully mediated by the feeling of being moved. Hence sadness primarily functions as a contributor to and intensifier of the emotional state of being moved. Furthermore, the study revealed that being moved is a positive term in two senses. First, it refers to an overall positive feeling. Second, it indicates a positive value judgment regarding the power of a film to elicit such feelings. Therefore, we conclude that it is the overall positive feeling of being moved itself that recipients of sad films and other forms of art enjoy—we simply like to be moved. Taken together, our findings are significant for investigations of the so-called ‘sad-film paradox’ and the aesthetic pleasure associated with negative emotions more generally.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2013-10-042014-01-01
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.09.056
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Title: NeuroImage: Clinical
Source Genre: Journal
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Publ. Info: Elsevier
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 84 (0) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 951 - 961 Identifier: ISSN: 2213-1582
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/2213-1582