Cerebral asymmetry and emotion: Conceptual and methodological conundrums

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 115-138

  Davidson, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0000805671     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699939308409180     Document Type: Article

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