Effort mobilization when the self is involved: Some lessons from the cardiovascular system

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-226

  Gendolla, Guido H E ^a   Richter, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular response; Effort; Motivation; Self; Self involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956524047     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019742     Document Type: Article

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