Threat, high self-esteem, and reactive approach-motivation: Electroencephalographic evidence

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  2009

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  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

• Publication date

  2009-07-01

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  Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/J.JESP.2009.04.011
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