The nature and dynamics of relevance and valence appraisals: Theoretical advances and recent evidence

Emotion Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-162

  Scherer, Klaus R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

appraisal sequence; appraisal signatures; goal conduciveness; relevance detection; valence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875885692     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073912468166     Document Type: Article

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