Empathy and compassion

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2014, Pages R875-R878

  Singer, Tania ^a   Klimecki, Olga M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EMPATHY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; EMPATHY; HUMANS;

EID: 84908217957     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.054     Document Type: Short Survey

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