'Willpower' over the life span: Decomposing self-regulation

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 252-256

  Mischel, Walter ^a   Ayduk, Ozlem ^b   Berman, Marc G ^c   Casey, B J ^d   Gotlib, Ian H ^e   Jonides, John ^c   Kross, Ethan ^c   Teslovich, Theresa ^d   Wilson, Nicole L ^f   Zayas, Vivian ^g   Shoda, Yuichi ^f  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay of gratification; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONTROL; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 79954616126     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq081     Document Type: Article

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