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A Newspaper Advice Columnist Suggests That Thinking Can Be Voluntarily

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A newspaper advice columnist suggests that thinking can be voluntarily controlled and changed but that emotions are gut-level,biological reactions that can't be voluntarily controlled or modified.Use your knowledge of emotion research and theory to either support or refute the columnist's claim.


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