Behold the wrath: Psychophysiological responses to facial stimuli

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-182

  Dimberg, Ulf ^b   Öhman, Arne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0039120561     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02253869     Document Type: Article

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