The Physiology of Political Participation

Political Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 135-152

  Gruszczynski, Michael W ^a   Balzer, Amanda ^a   Jacobs, Carly M ^a   Smith, Kevin B ^a   Hibbing, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodermal activity; Emotion; Physiology; Political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874117592     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-012-9197-x     Document Type: Article

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