Impaired empathy following ventromedial prefrontal brain damage

Empathy in Mental Illness

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 89-110

  Shamay Tsoory, Simone G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 80053203601     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511543753.007     Document Type: Chapter

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