Mental imagery in emotion and emotional disorders

Clinical Psychology Review - Tập 30 Số 3 - Trang 349-362 - 2010
Emily A. Holmes1, Andrew Mathews2
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford UK
2Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, USA

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