A Devil On Each Shoulder: When (and Why) Greater Cognitive Capacity Impairs Self-Control?

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-237

  Nordgren, Loran F ^a   Chou, Eileen Y ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

deliberation; self control; visceral drives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874134284     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550612451622     Document Type: Article

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