Motivated Closing of the Mind: "Seizing" and "Freezing"

Psychological Review

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 263-283

  Kruglanski, Arie W ^a   Webster, Donna M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; PERSONALITY; REVIEW;

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; PERSONALITY;

EID: 0030118667     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.103.2.263     Document Type: Article

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