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Effects of Music on Physiological Arousal: Explorations into Tempo and Genre

Francesca R. Dillman Carpentier University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
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Robert F. Potter Indiana University,
Pages 339-363 | Published online: 05 Dec 2007

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