Estimation of time: Effects of locus of control, mental arithmetic and length target interval

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-32

  Koivula, Nathalie ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0029685258     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(95)90022-M     Document Type: Article

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