Empathy in sports, exercise, and the performing arts

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 173-179

  Sevdalis, Vassilis ^a   Raab, Markus ^a,b  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action; Embodied cognition; Emotion; Empathy; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889646047     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.10.013     Document Type: Review

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