A social-neuroscience perspective on empathy

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 54-58

  Decety, Jean ^a   Jackson, Philip L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affective sharing; Emotion regulation; Empathy; Intersubjectivity; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646723052     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2006.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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