The influence of high-level beliefs on self-regulatory engagement: Evidence from thermal pain stimulation

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Lynn, Margaret T ^a   Van Dessel, Pieter ^a   Brass, Marcel ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Effort; Free will; Inhibition; Pain; Self control; Volition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885362288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00614     Document Type: Article

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