To what extent do we share the pain of others? Insight from the neural bases of pain empathy

aÉcole de psychologie and CIRRIS and CRULRG, Université Laval, Québec, Que., Canada bDépartement de Stomatologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que., Canada cDepartment of Psychology and Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA *Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 418 656 2131 ext.5151; fax: +1 418 529 3548. E-mail address:[email protected] Submitted July 17, 2006; revised September 6, 2006; accepted September 8, 2006.