The psychological significance of changes in skin temperature

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-78

  Rimm Kaufman, Sara E ^a   Kagan, Jerome ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030517058     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02251007     Document Type: Article

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