You can't always remember what you want: The role of cortisol in self-ascription of assigned goals

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1026-1032

  Quirin, Markus ^a   Koole, Sander L ^b   Baumann, Nicola ^c   Kazén, Miguel ^a   Kuhl, Julius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Cortisol; Memory; Personal goals; PSI theory; Self access; Self determination; Self infiltration; Self representations; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350123535     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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