Neural and Behavioral Evidence for an Intrinsic Cost of Self-Control

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Kool, Wouter ^a   McGuire, Joseph T ^b   Wang, Gary J ^a   Botvinick, Matthew M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; REWARD; SELF CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 84883174025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072626     Document Type: Article

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