Desire: The New Hot Spot in Self-Control Research

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 317-322

  Hofmann, Wilhelm ^a   Van Dillen, Lotte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attention; desire; needs; self control; working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867025259     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412453587     Document Type: Review

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