The Feeling of Me Feeling for You: Interoception, Alexithymia and Empathy in Autism

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

• Publication date

  2018-04-11

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1007/s10803-018-3564-3PMID 29644587
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