Transcranial magnetic stimulation highlights the sensorimotor side of empathy for pain.

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Published in Nat Neurosci on July 01, 2005

Authors

Alessio Avenanti1, Domenica Bueti, Gaspare Galati, Salvatore M Aglioti

Author Affiliations

1: Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università degli studi di Roma La Sapienza, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.

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