The psychological significance of the concept of arousal or activation.

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• Publication year

  1957

• Venue

  Psychology Review

• Publication date

  1957-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/H0048837PMID 13494613
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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