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What Psychology Means To Me

The author takes on the task of describing the interface between emotion and cognition by way of a narrative about psychology, and its meaning to his life. Using time as an overall metaphor, or perhaps a foundation stone underpinning a series of seemingly unconnected events, some insight is given in...

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Autor principal: Sugarman, Roy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3190446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22013338
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1229.27611
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