Which empathy? Limitations in the mirrored "understanding" of emotion

Synthese

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-239

  Debes, Remy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Mindreading; Mirror neurons; Mirroring

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955093756     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9499-7     Document Type: Article

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