Song, JuanZhao, ZijingJiao, ZhibinPeng, YaoChu, Mingyuan2023-09-152023-09-152023-09-15Song, J, Zhao, Z, Jiao, Z, Peng, Y & Chu, M 2023, 'Subliminal perception of others’ physical pain induces personal distress rather than empathic concern', BMC Psychology, vol. 11, no. 1, 276. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01310-32050-7283RIS: urn:3FC72D0B5A4C1D54DFC428D356419C9Dhttps://hdl.handle.net/2164/21679Acknowledgements We thank the members of the research group for their revising this paper. Funding This research was supported by Humanities and Social Science Research Youth Fund Project of the Ministry of Education (19YJC190021) Grants to Juan Song. The funding body has no further role in the design of the study, data collection, analysis, data interpretation, and writing of the manuscript.171728233engSubliminal primingPain perceptionEmotional and behavioural responseThreat value of pain hypothesisEmpathy-altruism hypothesisBF PsychologySupplementary InformationBFSubliminal perception of others’ physical pain induces personal distress rather than empathic concernJournal article10.1186/s40359-023-01310-3111