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Chapter 5 - The social dimension as antecedent and effect of emotional mimicry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

By
Ursula Hess ,
Isabell Hühnel ,
Job van der Schalk  and
Agneta H. Fischer
Edited by
Ursula Hess  and
Agneta H. Fischer
Ursula Hess
Affiliation:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Agneta H. Fischer
Affiliation:
Universiteit van Amsterdam
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Emotional Mimicry in Social Context , pp. 90 - 106
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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