Psychological construction: The darwinian approach to the science of emotion

Emotion Review

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 379-389

  Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Darwin; emotion; evolution; psychological construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884580024     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073913489753     Document Type: Article

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