A bio-informational theory of emotion: Motion and image size effects on viewers

Journal of Communication

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 66-84

  Detenber, Benjamin H ^a   Reeves, Byron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030489041     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.1996.tb01489.x     Document Type: Article

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