Do discrete emotions exist?

Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 427-437

  Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^a,b   Gendron, Maria ^a   Huang, Yang Ming ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Categorization; Emotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949124096     PISSN: 09515089     EISSN: 1465394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515080903153634     Document Type: Article

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