Social bonds and the nature of empathy

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 8-10 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 185-209

  Watt, Douglas F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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