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Neuropsychoanalysis
An Interdisciplinary Journal for Psychoanalysis and the Neurosciences
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Defense styles from the perspective of affective neuroscience

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Pages 181-189 | Received 18 Dec 2022, Accepted 29 Jul 2023, Published online: 22 Sep 2023

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