Extending empathy research towards animals

Psychology of Empathy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 93-118

  Westbury, H Rae ^a   Neumann, David L ^a   Waters, Allison M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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