Being Happy and Seeing "Happy": Emotional State Mediates Visual Word Recognition

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 403-432

  Niedenthal, Paula M ^a   Halberstadt, Jamin B ^a,c   Setterlund, Marc B ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALMA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0008278883     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026999397379863     Document Type: Article

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