When curiosity kills no cat-but mediates the relation between distant future thoughts and global processing across sensory modalities

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 334-341

  Förster, Jens ^a   Becker, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84858187150     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1856     Document Type: Article

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