Acupuncturists don't feel the pain.(News) The Journal of Chinese Medicine | June 1, 2008| | COPYRIGHT 2008 The Journal of Chinese Medicine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Perceiving the pain of others activates the pain matrix in the brain of observers. This shared neural representation can promote empathy, but can also cause personal distress to the observer. Taiwanese researchers hypothesised that regulatory mechanisms must operate in healthcare professionals who inflict painful procedures on their patients, in order to prevent their distress from impairing their ability to do their job. In an fMRI study, physicians who practised acupuncture were compared to naive participants while observing animations ...

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