Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 2 , Pages 121-129 , 28 February 2010

Multi-level comparison of empathy in schizophrenia: An fMRI study of a cartoon task

  • Seung Jae Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Department of Psychiatry, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea
    • ,
  • Do Hyung Kang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Chi-Won Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Bon Mi Gu

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Center, Neuroscience Institute, SNU-MRC, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Ji-Young Park

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Center, Neuroscience Institute, SNU-MRC, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Chi-Hoon Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Na Young Shin

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Center, Neuroscience Institute, SNU-MRC, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Jong-Min Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Jun Soo Kwon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Brain & Cognitive Science-WCU program, College of Natural Science, SNU, Seoul, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea. Tel.: +82 2 20722972; fax: +82 2 7479063.

Received 5 October 2008 ,Revised 9 August 2009 ,Accepted 11 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.08.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 2 , Pages 121-129 , 28 February 2010

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