Splitting of the Mind: When the You I Talk to is Me and Needs Commands

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 549-555

  Zell, Ethan ^a   Warriner, Amy Beth ^b   Albarracín, Dolores ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

control; language; self; self regulation; self identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865190713     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611430164     Document Type: Article

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