Regulating speed, accuracy and judgments by indecisives: Effects of frequent choices on self-regulation depletion

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 777-787

  Ferrari, Joseph R ^a   Pychyl, Timothy A ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indecision; Performance feedback; Self regulation failure; Stroop test

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845503475     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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