(Barak + 1987)

Title: Increasing the level of empathic understanding by means of a game. Simulation and Games,

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Authors:

Barak, A.,

Engle, C.,

Katzir, L., &

Fisher, W. A.

Date: 1987

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Barak, A., Engle, C., Katzir, L., & Fisher, W. A. (1987). Increasing the level of empathic understanding by means of a game. Simulation and Games, 18(4), 458–470.

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• mentioned in (DEXTER 2012)*

• Mentioned in: (MING LAM + 2011)*

• Mentioned in (COTTON)*

• Reports the results of a study to determine whether participation in an empathy training game would increase participants' empathic understanding. Participants exhibited more empathic understanding than controls. (COTTON)*

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(Were any benefits of empathy mentioned?)

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