"Everybody feels a broken bone, but only we can feel a broken heart": Group membership influences the perception of targets' suffering

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 801-806

  Riva, Paolo ^a   Andrighetto, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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EID: 84870251903     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1918     Document Type: Article

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