Empathy and judging other's pain: an fMRI study of alexithymia.

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Cerebral Cortex

• Publication date

  2007-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1093/CERCOR/BHL130PMID 17150987
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