Neurosciences, empathy, and healthy interpersonal relationships: recent findings and implications for counseling psychology

In this article, we define the construct of empathy and its relevance for counseling psychology. The importance of deficits in empathic processes for most of the psychological disorders is presented within the context of the social brain hypothesis (Frith, 2007). We provide a review of empirical res...

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Main Author: Coutinho, Joana Fernandes Pereira (author)
Other Authors: Silva, Patrcia Oliveira (author), Decety, Jean (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/66834
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/66834