So much to do and so little time: Effort and perceived temporal distance

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1811-1817

  Jiga Boy, Gabriela M ^a   Clark, Anna E ^b   Semin, Gün R ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSEAD   (France)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adaptive action; effort; perceived temporal distance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; WORKLOAD;

HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650317278     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610388043     Document Type: Article

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