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The Social Neuroscience of Empathy
Article first published online: 25 MAR 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04418.x
© 2009 New York Academy of Sciences
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Volume 1156, The Year in Cognitive Neuroscience 2009 pages 81–96, March 2009
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Singer, T. and Lamm, C. (2009), The Social Neuroscience of Empathy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1156: 81–96. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04418.x
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