On the role of consciousness in goal pursuit

Social Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 262-272

  Bongers, Karin C A ^a,b   Dijksterhuis, Ap ^a   Spears, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77950221815     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2010.28.2.262     Document Type: Article

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