Oops, I forgot the light on! The cognitive mechanisms supporting the execution of energy saving behaviors

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-96

  Corradi, Nicola ^a   Priftis, Konstantinos ^a,b   Jacucci, Giulio ^c,d   Gamberini, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive failure; Executive functions; Household energy conservation; PASAT; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871899489     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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