Emotion Facilitation and Passive Avoidance Learning in Psychopathic Female Offenders
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Emotion facilitation and passive avoidance learning in psychopathic female offenders.
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عنوان ژورنال: Criminal Justice and Behavior
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0093-8548,1552-3594
DOI: 10.1177/0093854811403590