Imitative responses and verbally reported emotional contagion from spontaneous, unconscious to emotionally regulated, conscious information-processing levels

Neuropsychoanalysis

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-98

  Sonnby Borgström, Marianne ^a   Jönsson, Peter ^b   Svensson, Owe ^c  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dynamic unconscious; Emotional contagion; Emotional regulation; Empathy; Imitation; Mirror neurons; Process perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953789384     PISSN: 15294145     EISSN: 20443978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15294145.2008.10773573     Document Type: Article

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