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<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>I hope you're having a great weekend :)</p>
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<p>That's the text we will discuss during our next session:</p>
<p>Zawidzki, T. W. (2008). <b>The function of folk psychology: Mind
reading or mind shaping?</b> <i>Philosophical Explorations</i>,
11(3), 193–210<br>
You can access it here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248946337_The_Function_of_Folk_Psychology_Mind_reading_or_mind_shaping">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248946337_The_Function_of_Folk_Psychology_Mind_reading_or_mind_shaping</a><br>
<br>
The readings for the next sessions are <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://socialcognition.phl.univie.ac.at/syllabus/">here</a>.</p>
<p>You’re welcome to join online (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://univienna.zoom.us/j/65514918078?pwd=cVZTd2Ivb09uSUFVNTZORWFIOTA4UT09">Zoom
link</a>) or in person, at NIG (room 3B, third floor). <br>
We’re starting at 6:30 CET. The next meeting is on Tuesday, May
16, 2023.<a
href="https://univienna.zoom.us/j/65514918078?pwd=cVZTd2Ivb09uSUFVNTZORWFIOTA4UT09"><br>
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<p>As a treat, I am forwarding you this great, information-filled
email from Jonas (which arrived in my mailbox titled: "studies!
stuff! randomness!", absolutely making my day).<br>
It refers to our previous session, the one about "Direct
Perception in the Intersubjective Context" by S. Gallagher. Thank
you so much, Jonas :)<br>
<br>
<font size="2"><i>Hi!
</i><i><br>
</i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>I'm sorry to have forgotten sending study links to last
week's discussion references.
</i><i><br>
</i><i>Now almost a week later I also don't remember as much as
would have been nice (thanks brain).
</i><i><br>
</i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>The one thing I do definitely remember though was the
thing with the car "personalities" for which here is an
article:
</i><i><br>
</i><i><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://news.fsu.edu/news/education-society/2009/07/06/life-is-a-highway-study-confirms-cars-have-personality/">https://news.fsu.edu/news/education-society/2009/07/06/life-is-a-highway-study-confirms-cars-have-personality/</a></i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>or the study itself here:
</i><i><br>
</i><i><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236002770_Face_to_Face">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236002770_Face_to_Face</a></i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>And in addition since it seemed applicable in multiple
sessions already here are some of the papers on the link
between own perception of pain and its potential link to that
of others in neuroscience:
</i><i><br>
</i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>Rütgen, M., Seidel, E.-M., Pletti, C., Riečanský, I.,
Gartus, A., Eisenegger, C., & Lamm, C. (2018).
Psychopharmacological modulation of event-related potentials
suggests that first-hand pain and empathy for pain rely on
similar opioidergic processes. Neuropsychologia, 116(Pt A),
5–14. </i><i><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.04.023">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.04.023</a></i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>Rütgen, M., Seidel, E.-M., Riečanský, I., & Lamm, C.
(2015). Reduction of empathy for pain by placebo analgesia
suggests functional equivalence of empathy and first-hand
emotion experience. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(23),
8938–8947. </i><i><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.3936-14.2015">https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.3936-14.2015</a></i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>Rütgen, M., Seidel, E.-M., Silani, G., Riečanský, I.,
Hummer, A., Windischberger, C., Petrovic, P., & Lamm, C.
(2015). Placebo analgesia and its opioidergic regulation
suggest that empathy for pain is grounded in self pain.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(41),
5638–5646. </i><i><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1511269112">https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1511269112</a></i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>Rütgen, M., Wirth, E.-M., Riečanský, I., Hummer, A.,
Windischberger, C., Petrovic, P., Silani, G., & Lamm, C.
(2021). Beyond sharing unpleasant affect—evidence for
pain-specific opioidergic modulation of empathy for pain.
Cerebral Cortex, 31(6), 2773–2786. </i><i><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaa385">https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaa385</a></i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>They are all from Vienna; Markus Rütgen is a postdoc with
Claus Lamm who was also mentioned already in the meetings. The
first three explore the same phenomenon: induce placebo
analgesia - this is connected to both lower ratings for own
pain perception as well as perceived pain and affective
sharing of pain in others - effects for both oneself and for
the other conditions can be reverted via administering an
opioid antagonist. The fourth one distinguishes between pain
and unpleasant touch, finding that this reversion only happens
for pain, but not unpleasant touch, although placebo analgesia
lowered both the perception of own-unpleasant touch as well as
its perception in others as well! Quick note here though that
the same phenomenon has been found for Acetaminophen
(=Paracetamol), a non-opioidergic painkiller:
</i><i><br>
</i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>Mischkowski, D., Crocker, J., & Way, B. M. (2016).
From painkiller to empathy killer: Acetaminophen (paracetamol)
reduces empathy for pain. Social Cognitive and Affective
Neuroscience, 11(9), 1345–1353. </i><i><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsw057">https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsw057</a></i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>Additionally there's papers who correlate more
fine-grained brain activation patterns, mostly also finding
that they correspond for own painful experience vs perception
of similar experience in others; but not entirely
unequivocally, and I think this mail is long enough already
(and I still need some ammunition for further discussions :P)
</i><i><br>
</i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>So in sum there's still much to be discovered, I guess,
and discussed in regard to what this actually means in
correspondence to simulation accounts or its counterarguments
😄
</i><i><br>
</i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>Maybe those links are of interest to someone who wants to
go down the rabbit hole of neuroscientific attempts to uncover
the brain mechanisms behind social cognition; and to what
degree this actually can inform theories of cognition (eg
those discussed in the sessions) remains to be seen I'd say.
</i><i><br>
</i><i>
</i><i><br>
</i><i>Have a great rest of the day!
</i><i><br>
</i><i>Best,
</i><i><br>
</i><i>Jonas
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<p>All the best and I'm looking forward to seeing you soon,<br>
Martyna<br>
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