Taboo words and reprimands elicit greater autonomic reactivity in a first language than in a second language

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 561-579

  Harris, Catherine L ^a   Ayçiçeǧi, Ayşe ^b   Gleason, Jean Berko ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 0345358500     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716403000286     Document Type: Article

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