Two systems for empathy: a double dissociation between emotional and cognitive empathy in inferior frontal gyrus versus ventromedial prefrontal lesions.

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Published in Brain on October 29, 2008

Authors

Simone G Shamay-Tsoory1, Judith Aharon-Peretz, Daniella Perry

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel. sshamay@psy.haifa.ac.il

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