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Deception and emotion. / Luke, Timothy J.; Neequaye, David Amon; Hartwig, Maria et al.
Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science. Vol. 1 de Gruyter, 2022. p. 636-649.

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Luke, TJ, Neequaye, DA, Hartwig, M & Granhag, PA 2022, Deception and emotion. in Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science. vol. 1, de Gruyter, pp. 636-649. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110347524-030

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Luke, T. J., Neequaye, D. A., Hartwig, M., & Granhag, P. A. (2022). Deception and emotion. In Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science (Vol. 1, pp. 636-649). de Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110347524-030

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Luke TJ, Neequaye DA, Hartwig M, Granhag PA. Deception and emotion. In Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science. Vol. 1. de Gruyter. 2022. p. 636-649 doi: 10.1515/9783110347524-030

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Luke, Timothy J. ; Neequaye, David Amon ; Hartwig, Maria et al. / Deception and emotion. Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science. Vol. 1 de Gruyter, 2022. pp. 636-649

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