How Scientists Elicit Emotions

How to Push Your Buttons

By Gabrielle Leblanc
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the August 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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How scientists elicit emotions--and how you can borrow a few of their methods.

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