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Prototypicality of emotions: A reaction time study

A reaction time study showed that the concept of emotion is more like a prototypically organized concept than a classically defined one. Emotion terms rated as better examples of “emotion” (such as anger) were verified as emotions faster than were terms rated as poorer examples (such as awe).

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