Facing the future: Face-emotion processing deficits as apotential biomarker for various psychiatric and neurological disorders

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2012, Pages

  Isaac, Linda ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84867131855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00171     Document Type: Note

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