Face to face: The neural basis of social mirroring and empathy

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 236-241

  Iacoboni, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34249882212     PISSN: 00485713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20070401-05     Document Type: Review

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