The effects of hemispheric asymmetries and depression on the perception of emotion

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-82

  Moretti, Marlene M ^a   Charlton, Steve ^b   Taylor, Steven ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0030266438     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brcg.1996.0058     Document Type: Article

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