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Research Article

The Role of the Establishment of Causal Connections and the Modality of Presentation of Discourse in the Generation of Emotion Inferences by Argentine College Students

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Pages 22-41 | Received 19 Feb 2020, Accepted 28 Sep 2020, Published online: 06 Nov 2020

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