Neural Evidence That Human Emotions Share Core Affective Properties

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 947-956

  Wilson Mendenhall, Christine D ^a   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^a   Barsalou, Lawrence W ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brain; emotions; neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878805285     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612464242     Document Type: Article

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