Autonomic contributions to empathy: Evidence from patients with primary autonomic failure

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 96-100

  Chauhan, Bina ^a   Mathias, Christopher J ^b,c   Critchley, Hugo D ^d  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c QEQM   (United Kingdom)

^d BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic failure; Emotion; Empathy; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEHRABIAN BALANCED EMOTIONAL EMPATHY SCALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL COGNITION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; COGNITION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 44649089339     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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