Deficits in the individuals’ functioning manifesting as a specific Internet addiction may be revealed during contact with the cue associated with addiction. In this context, frequent Facebook users presented spontaneous hedonic reactions following Facebook stimuli compared to less frequent Facebook users. Additionally, a tool like Facebook, created for social connection, may be reducing connective capacities (“media-empathy paradox”). In our study, we wanted to examine the relation between nonproblematic and problematic Facebook use as well as the influence of a cue associated with Facebook on empathy. We used the most common stimuli that were presented in the empathy paradigm (painful and nonpainful stimuli) with Facebook and neutral context. We found that painful stimuli elicited greater neural responses than nonpainful stimuli at a time point of 220 ms (N2) over frontocentral brain regions. Also, we registered the interaction between context and painful stimulation. The difference in N2 amplitude was shown between painful and nonpainful pictures, but only for the neutral context. There were no differences in the Facebook context. At the later stage of 300–400 ms (P3) over centroparietal regions, painful stimuli elicited significantly greater neural responses than nonpainful stimuli. The present study extends the findings of previous research about specific Internet addiction.

在接触与成瘾相关的线索时，可能会发现个人功能缺陷，表现为特定的网络成瘾。在这种情况下，与不太频繁的 Facebook 用户相比，频繁的 Facebook 用户在 Facebook 刺激后表现出自发的享乐反应。此外，像 Facebook 这样为社交连接而创建的工具可能会降低连接能力（“媒体同理心悖论”）。在我们的研究中，我们想检查无问题和有问题的 Facebook 使用之间的关系，以及与 Facebook 相关的线索对移情的影响。我们使用了同理心范式中最常见的刺激（痛苦和非痛苦的刺激）与 Facebook 和中性上下文。我们发现，在 220 毫秒 (N2) 的时间点，疼痛刺激比非疼痛刺激在额中枢脑区引起更大的神经反应。此外，我们还记录了上下文和痛苦刺激之间的相互作用。N2 振幅的差异显示在疼痛和非疼痛图片之间，但仅适用于中性背景。Facebook 上下文没有差异。在中心顶叶区域 300-400 毫秒 (P3) 的后期，疼痛刺激引起的神经反应明显高于非疼痛刺激。本研究扩展了先前关于特定网络成瘾的研究结果。但仅适用于中性上下文。Facebook 上下文没有差异。在中心顶叶区域 300-400 毫秒 (P3) 的后期，疼痛刺激引起的神经反应明显高于非疼痛刺激。本研究扩展了先前关于特定网络成瘾的研究结果。但仅适用于中性上下文。Facebook 上下文没有差异。在中心顶叶区域 300-400 毫秒 (P3) 的后期，疼痛刺激引起的神经反应明显高于非疼痛刺激。本研究扩展了先前关于特定网络成瘾的研究结果。