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Clore, G.L., Proffitt, D.R., & Zadra, J.R. (in press). Feeling, seeing, and liking: How bodily resources inform perception and emotion. In M.D. Robinson & L.E. Thomas (Eds.) Embodied Psychology: Thinking, Feeling, and Acting. New York, NY: Springer.