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INVITED REVIEW

Cognition and Emotion Lecture at the 2010 SPSP Emotion Preconference

Emotion generation and emotion regulation: A distinction we should make (carefully)

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Pages 765-781 | Received 23 Sep 2010, Accepted 07 Jan 2011, Published online: 16 Jun 2011

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