Committing to implementation intentions: Attention and memory effects for selected situational cues

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-300

  Achtziger, Anja ^a   Bayer, Ute C ^b   Gollwitzer, Peter M ^b,c  

^a ZEPPELIN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive accessibility; Commitment; Goals; Implementation intentions; Intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864748306     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-011-9261-6     Document Type: Article

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