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INVITED REVIEW

The influence of affect on higher level cognition: A review of research on interpretation, judgement, decision making and reasoning

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Pages 561-595 | Received 24 Oct 2008, Accepted 18 Jun 2009, Published online: 21 Aug 2009

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