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Research Article

Valence, sensations and appraisals co-occurring with feeling moved: evidence on kama muta theory from intra-individually cross-correlated time series

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Pages 1149-1165 | Received 12 Feb 2021, Accepted 03 Jun 2022, Published online: 22 Jun 2022

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