Nonconscious goal pursuit: Isolated incidents or adaptive self-regulatory tool?

Social Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 569-588

  Chartrand, Tanya L ^a   Cheng, Clara Michelle ^b   Dalton, Amy N ^c   Tesser, Abraham ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 77957205152     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2010.28.5.569     Document Type: Article

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