The Psychophysiological Differentiation of Actual, Imagined, and Recollected Mirth

Imagination, Cognition and Personality

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 163-180

  Foster, Paul S ^a   Webster, Daniel G ^a   Williamson, John ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60849114606     PISSN: 02762366     EISSN: 15414477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/KL08-1P9C-K9BE-K8VA     Document Type: Article

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