Motivation towards closure and cognitive processes: An individual differences approach

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2149-2158

  Kossowska, Małgorzata ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cognitive resources; Elementary cognitive processes; Need for cognitive closure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548834995     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.06.027     Document Type: Article

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