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6 - Emotion inferences during reading: going beyond the tip of the iceberg

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

Edward J. O'Brien
Affiliation:
University of New Hampshire
Anne E. Cook
Affiliation:
University of Utah
Robert F. Lorch, Jr
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky
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