What is a definition of emotion? and are emotions mental-behavioral processes?

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Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 424-428

  Reisenzein, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

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EID: 34547870147     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: 14617412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/05390184070460030110     Document Type: Note

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