Affect in legal and forensic settings: The cognitive benefits of not being too happy

Nebraska Symposium on Motivation

Volumn 56, Issue , 2010, Pages 13-44

  Forgas, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 82655187374     PISSN: 01467875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0696-0_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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