The roots of empathy: The shared manifold hypothesis and the neural basis of intersubjectivity

Psychopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 171-180

  Gallese, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Empathy; Intersubjectivity; Mirror neurons; Phenomenology; Schizophrenia; Shared manifold hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SENSATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0012641568     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072786     Document Type: Review

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