The representation of abstract words: why emotion matters.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Journal of experimental psychology. General

• Publication date

  2011-01-31

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Linguistics, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/a0021446PMID 21171803
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