Formal and computational models of Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory

The Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Personality

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 453-481

  Pickering, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 51349159879     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511819384.017     Document Type: Chapter

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