Emotional valence modulates the preference for curved objects

Perception

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 649-655

  Leder, Helmut ^a   Tinio, Pablo P L ^b   Bar, Moshe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 80051603012     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p6845     Document Type: Article

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