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Potential intervention targets to improve cognitive empathy in older adulthood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

Dylan J. Jester*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Brent T. Mausbach
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Abstract

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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2022

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