The cannon-bard thalamic theory of emotions: A brief genealogy and reappraisal

Emotion Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-20

  Dror, Otniel E ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

history of emotions; laboratory study of emotions; science of emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898460090     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073913494898     Document Type: Article

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