High skies and oceans deep: Polarity benefits or mental simulation?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue FEB, 2011, Pages

  Lakens, Daniël ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84867120061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00021     Document Type: Note

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