A clinical perspective on ‘theory of mind’, empathy and altruism: the hypothesis of somasia

The article starts by recalling the results of recent experiments that have revealed that, to a certain extent, the “ability to simultaneously distinguish between different possible perspectives on the same situation” (Decety and Lamm 2007) exists in chimpanzees. It then describes a case study of sp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jean-Michel Le Bot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LED Edizioni Universitarie 2014-06-01
Series:Relations
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Online Access:http://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Relations/article/view/662