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Generalised Emotion How it may be produced, and Sentic Cycle Therapy

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In this chapter we are concerned with a novel, yet natural way of producing emotions using dynamic expression and touch as a mode for the precise expression of emotions, and as a special, new art form. This way is outside the life-line of an individual, i.e., does not depend on events happening to that person, is controllable, easily achieved, tells us much about the nature of emotion and its communication — and results in preventive and therapeutic applications for emotional balance.

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Clynes, M. (1988). Generalised Emotion How it may be produced, and Sentic Cycle Therapy. In: Clynes, M., Panksepp, J. (eds) Emotions and Psychopathology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1987-1_6

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