Locomotion and the preference for multi-tasking: Implications for well-being

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 213-223

  Pierro, Antonio ^a   Giacomantonio, Mauro ^a   Pica, Gennaro ^a   Kruglanski, Arie W ^b   Higgins, E Tory ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Multi tasking; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876987575     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-012-9300-y     Document Type: Article

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