A perception-action model for empathy

Empathy in Mental Illness

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 428-447

  Preston, Stephanie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511543753.024     Document Type: Chapter

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