Perspective taking: Misstepping into others’ shoes

Handbook of Imagination and Mental Simulation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 295-309

  Epley, Nicholas ^a   Caruso, Eugene M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809846-29     Document Type: Chapter

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