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“I feel your disgust and relief”: can the action understanding system (mirror neuron system) be recruited to induce disgust and relief from contamination vicariously, in individuals with obsessive–compulsive disorder symptoms?

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Pages 31-35 | Received 21 Feb 2016, Accepted 04 Jan 2017, Published online: 06 Feb 2017

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