Empathy: At the heart of the mind

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 780-783

  Stein, Dan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; EMPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOBIOLOGY;

EID: 27444445510     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900010294     Document Type: Article

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