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Shawn Douglas
Back to facultyAssistant LecturerDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of Alberta
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Levels of analysis in neuroscientific studies of emotion: Comment on "The quartet theory of human emotions: an integrative and neurofunctional model" by S. Koelsch et al.
Physics of life reviews · 2015 · senior author
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Levels of analysis in neuroscientific studies of emotion: Comment on "The quartet theory of human emotions: an integrative and neurofunctional model" by S. Koelsch et al.
Kuiken D, Douglas S
Physics of life reviews2015Senior author
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