The unconscious unfolding of emotions

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 232-271

  Ruys, Kirsten I ^a   Stapel, Diederik A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotion; Information processing; Mood; Unconscious

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350132214     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10463280903119060     Document Type: Article

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