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Edited by Paul Sopčák, Massimo Salgaro and J. Berenike Herrmann
[Scientific Study of Literature 6:1] 2016
► pp. 164–174

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The scientific study of literary experience and neuro-behavioral responses to literature

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 | Freie Universität Berlin
Published online: 21 December 2016
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