Looking to the future to appreciate the present: The benefits of perceived temporal scarcity

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1238-1241

  Kurtz, Jaime L ^a  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TIME; VIRGINIA;

EID: 57649240025     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02231.x     Document Type: Article

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