Enhancing assessment and intervention for empathy deficits: the “zipper model of empathy” approach in neurodevelopmental disorders

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The author declares no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgement

This work was supported by Center on Compulsive Behaviors (CCB) fellowship to Y.Z..

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