Boredom Begs to Differ: Differentiation From Other Negative Emotions

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Emotion

• Publication date

  2017-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/emo0000233PMID 27709976
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