Perceptual and electroencephalographic registration of masked emotional words in defensiveness: An exploratory study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 499-512

  Kline, John P ^a   Schwartz, Gary E ^b   Allen, John J B ^b   Dikman, Ziya V ^b  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032037759     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0191-8869(97)00188-8     Document Type: Article

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