The feeling body: Toward an enactive approach to emotion

Developmental Perspectives on Embodiment and Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 45-68

  Colombetti, Giovanna ^a,b   Thompson, Evan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809778     Document Type: Chapter

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