Apparent mental causation: Sources of the experience of will

American Psychologist

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 480-492

  Wegner, Daniel M ^a   Wheatley, Thalia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

CAUSALITY; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VOLITION;

EID: 0033159020     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.54.7.480     Document Type: Article

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