Why don't you feel how I feel? Insight into the absence of empathy after severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3585-3595

  de Sousa, Arielle ^a   McDonald, Skye ^a   Rushby, Jacqueline ^a   Li, Sophie ^a   Dimoska, Aneta ^a   James, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive empathy; Emotional empathy; Emotional responsivity; Facial electromyography (EMG); Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957320743     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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