Revisiting Morenian psychodramatic encounter in light of contemporary neuroscience: Relationship between empathy and creativity

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-58

  Yaniv, Dan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Kibbutzim College of Education   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain; Creativity; Empathy; Moreno J.L.; Psychodrama; Role reversal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN LEVEL; COGNITION; CREATIVITY; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODRAMA; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 79751530268     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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