The selfless mind: How prefrontal involvement in mentalizing with similar and dissimilar others shapes empathy and prosocial behavior.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Cognition

• Publication date

  2016-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.cognition.2016.08.003PMID 27568587
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