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Compassion meditation increases optimism towards a transgressor

Birgit Koopmann-Holma Department of Psychology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jocelyn Szeb Department of Psychology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USAView further author information
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Thupten Jinpac Department of Religious Studies, McGill University, Montreal, CanadaView further author information
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Jeanne L. Tsaid Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USAView further author information
Pages 1028-1035 | Received 26 Aug 2019, Accepted 04 Dec 2019, Published online: 19 Dec 2019

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