Learning mechanisms in the acquisition of disgust

Changing Emotions

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 74-80

  de Jong, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84875546538     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203075630     Document Type: Chapter

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