Empathy, sex and fluid intelligence as predictors of theory of mind

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 616-621

  Ibanez, Agustin ^a,b,c   Huepe, David ^c   Gempp, René ^c   Gutiérrez, Virna ^c   Rivera Rei, Alvaro ^c   Toledo, Maria Isabel ^c  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Empathy; Fluid intelligence; Individual differences; Path analysis; Sex; ToM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871766530     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.11.022     Document Type: Article

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