Norms of emotional valence, arousal, threat value and shock value for 80 spoken French words: Comparison between neutral and emotional tones of voice

Psychologica Belgica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-40

  Bertels, Julie ^a   Kolinsky, Régine ^a   Morais, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 73949091150     PISSN: 00332879     EISSN: 2054670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/pb-49-1-19     Document Type: Article

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