Social functions of emotions at four levels of analysis

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 505-521

  Keltner, Dacher ^a   Haidt, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000134246     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026999399379168     Document Type: Article

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