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  1. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA

    Tara Emmers-Sommer

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Emmers-Sommer, T. (2020). Sex Differences in Emotion. In: Lykins, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sexuality and Gender. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59531-3_50-1

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