Essays about: "empathy for pain"

Found 5 essays containing the words empathy for pain.

  1. 1. Living with epilepsy - the experiences of adult people : A descriptive literature review

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för vårdvetenskap

    Author : Wenjing Gu; JiaFeng Wu; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Background: Epilepsy is a common serious chronic neurological disease, and peoplewith epilepsy not only suffer physical pain caused by the disease itself but also sufferfrom a range of complex psychological problems. Epilepsy is a chronic nervous systemdisease that needs a life-long treatment. READ MORE

  3. 2. Philosophical Zombies and Moral Responsibility : An Analysis of Whether Philosophical Zombies Would Have Moral Responsibility or Not

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Rim Winssi; [2022]
    Keywords : Philosophical zombies; Consciousness; Moral responsibility; Moral agency; The Tripartite Theory of Responsibility; Attributability; Answerability; Accountability; Psychopaths; AI;

    Abstract : Philosophical zombies are beings that look exactly like humans and behave in the same way as humans do. The only difference between humans and philosophical zombies is that philosophical zombies lack consciousness. This means that they can complain, cry, laugh and say that they are in pain. READ MORE

  4. 3. Empathy for pain and its modulating factors

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Madeleine Jones; [2018]
    Keywords : Empathy for pain; empathy; felt pain; modulation; cognitive neuroscience;

    Abstract : The present thesis deals with the concept of empathy for pain, its neurobiological underpinnings and modulations of the phenomenon. Empathy for pain is understood as the empathic response that occurs when recognising another in pain and entails at least the affective processes of actually felt pain in oneself. READ MORE

  5. 4. Empathy for Pain : And its Neural Correlates

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Emelie Löfstrand; [2016]
    Keywords : empathy; pain; shared networks; pain matrix; empathy for pain;

    Abstract : The phenomenon of empathy has been fascinating laymen and scholars for centuries and has recently been an important subject for cognitive neuroscientific study. Empathy refers to the ability to understand and share others’ emotions and a characteristic of this ability is the capacity to empathize with others in pain. READ MORE

  6. 5. Förebyggande djuromvårdnad mot post-anestetisk myopati hos häst

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Hanna Rydström; [2014]
    Keywords : post-anestetisk myopati; anestesi; häst; djuromvårdnad; djursjukskötare;

    Abstract : Post-anaesthetic myopathy (PAM) is a serious occasional complication of general anaesthesia in horses. It causes not only pain and suffering to the horse, but also suffering (trauma) to the owner with increased veterinary costs. In the worst case PAM can be fatal. READ MORE