The language of empathy: An analysis of its constitution, development, and role in psychoanalytic listening

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 713-740

  Aragno, Anna ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; IMITATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MACACA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FREUDIAN THEORY; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MACACA; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 51649105982     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003065108322097     Document Type: Article

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