Self and identity: A brief overview of what they are, what they do, and how they work

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1234, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-55

  Baumeister, Roy F ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Self; Social environment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LEARNING; PHILOSOPHY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80053908855     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06224.x     Document Type: Article

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