How new knowledge about parenting reveals the neurobiological implications of intersubjectivity: A conceptual synthesis of recent research

Psychoanalytic Dialogues

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 537-555

  Ammaniti, Massimo ^a   Trentini, Cristina ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 77954905436     PISSN: 10481885     EISSN: 19409222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10481880903231951     Document Type: Article

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