Dissociating fear and disgust: Implications for the structure of emotions

Cognition, Emotion and Psychopathology: Theoretical, Empirical and Clinical Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 149-171

  Lawrence, Andrew D ^a   Murphy, Fionnuala C ^a   Calder, Andrew J ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511521263.009     Document Type: Chapter

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