The role of action in empathy from the perspective of the empathizer and the target

Current Research in Social Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Hakansson, Jakob ^a   Montgomery, Henry ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 3042554236     PISSN: 10887423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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