When More Means Less: Factors Affecting Human Self-Control in a Local versus Global Choice Paradigm

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-73

  Warry, Chris J ^a   Remington, Bob ^a   Sonuga Barke, Edmund J S ^a  

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EID: 0008573205     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/lmot.1998.1018     Document Type: Article

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