The Communication of Emotions and the Possibility of Empathy in Animals

Altruism and Altruistic Love: Science, Philosophy, and Religion in Dialogue

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Preston, Stephanie D ^a   De Waal, Frans B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyadic relationships; Emotional linkage; Empathy; Mother offspring relationship; Physiological linkage

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EID: 84940480944     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195143584.003.0025     Document Type: Chapter

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