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James A. Russell

James A. Russell is an American psychologist whose work focuses on emotion. In 2009, Russell was ranked 35th in terms of citation impact in social psychology.

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Alma mater
UCLA (Ph.D.)
Born
(1947-03-07) March 7, 1947 (age 79) Santa Monica, California
Doctoral advisor
Albert Mehrabian
Fields
Emotion
Thesis
Approach-avoidance and the emotional impact of the physical environment (1974)
Workplaces
University of British Columbia (1975-2000) Boston College (2000-2025)

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James A. Russell

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James A. Russell → Boston College, Boston CollegeResearch, Copernicus Center, Emotion Development Lab Archived, Interdisciplinary Studies, James, Krakow, Language, Poland, Russell Google Scholar, Wayback MachineProfile
Alma mater · 1
James A. Russell → UCLA (Ph.D.)
Born · 1
James A. Russell → (1947-03-07) March 7, 1947 (age 79) Santa Monica, California
Doctoral advisor · 1
James A. Russell → Albert Mehrabian
Fields · 1
James A. Russell → Emotion
Thesis · 1
James A. Russell → Approach-avoidance and the emotional impact of the physical environment (1974)
Workplaces · 1
James A. Russell → University of British Columbia (1975-2000) Boston College (2000-2025)

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russell emotion doi valence 10 pmid psychological 1037 arousal s2cid emotions model pleasant unpleasant development bulletin affect 110 facial psychology

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James A. RussellAlma materUCLA (Ph.D.)1.00infobox
James A. RussellBorn(1947-03-07) March 7, 1947 (age 79) Santa Monica, California1.00infobox
James A. RussellDoctoral advisorAlbert Mehrabian1.00infobox
James A. RussellFieldsEmotion1.00infobox
James A. RussellThesisApproach-avoidance and the emotional impact of the physical environment (1974)1.00infobox
James A. RussellWorkplacesUniversity of British Columbia (1975-2000) Boston College (2000-2025)1.00infobox
James A. Russellrelated to External linksJames0.60section
James A. Russellrelated to External linksRussell Google Scholar0.60section
James A. Russellrelated to External linksBoston CollegeResearch0.60section
James A. Russellrelated to External linksEmotion Development Lab Archived0.60section
James A. Russellrelated to External linksWayback MachineProfile0.60section
James A. Russellrelated to External linksBoston College0.60section

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